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Table 6 Tests for omitted variables

From: Childhood migration experience and adult health: evidence from China’s rural migrants

Explained variable: self-assessed health

Impact coefficient

Ratio

Set 1

0.1731

sets 1 and 3: 5.1821

sets 2 and 3: 6.3362

Set 2

0.1680

Set 3

0.1451

Explained variable: physical health

Impact coefficient

Ratio

Set 1

0.0642

sets 1 and 3: 8.2135

sets 2 and 3:7.4592

Set 2

0.0633

Set 3

0.0731

Explained variable: mental health

Impact coefficient

Ratio

Set 1

0.2239

sets 1 and 3: 7.3608

sets 2 and 3: 95.9630

Set 2

0.2564

Set 3

0.2591

  1. Note: Set 1 (the explanatory variable); Set 2 (the explanatory variable + individual variables); Set 3 (the explanatory variable + all control variables)