Table 4. Regression coefficients from three separate individual fixed effects regressions for the association between sex composition of children and freedom of movement, decision-making power, and access to economic resources among adolescent girls and young women.
| Mother of sons and empowerment | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom of movement | Decision-making power | Access to economic resources | |||||||
| Coeff. | 95%CI | p-value | Coeff. | 95%CI | p-value | Coeff. | 95%CI | p-value | |
| Having daughters (Ref: no children) | 0.10 | -0.02, 0.22 | 0.094 | 0.10 | -0.01, 0.20 | 0.075 | 0.23 | 0.14, 0.31 | <0.001 |
| Having at least one son (Ref: no children) | 0.15 | 0.02, 0.27 | 0.020 | 0.09 | -0.03, 0.20 | 0.134 | 0.25 | 0.16, 0.34 | <0.001 |
| Additional effect of having a son compared to daughters only | 0.05 | -0.07, 0.17 | 0.432 | -.010 | -0.11, 0.09 | 0.848 | 0.024 | -0.07, 0.11 | 0.588 |
| Controls | |||||||||
| Girls’ education | -0.05 | -0.14, 0.04 | 0.287 | -0.04 | -0.13, 0.05 | 0.357 | -0.19 | -0.25, -0.12 | <0.001 |
| Wealth index | -0.03 | -0.06, 0.00 | 0.078 | -0.04 | -0.07, -0.01 | 0.003 | 0.03 | 0.00, 0.05 | 0.026 |
| Household size | -0.03 | -0.04, 0.01 | 0.002 | -0.04 | -0.05, -0.02 | <0.001 | 0.00 | -0.02, 0.01 | 0.588 |
| Mass media exposure | 0.10 | 0.00, 0.19 | 0.047 | 0.09 | 0.00, 0.17 | 0.048 | 0.17 | 0.10, 0.25 | <0.001 |
| Wave 2 (Ref: Wave 1) | 0.79 | 0.72, 0.87 | <0.001 | 0.11 | 0.04, 0.18 | 0.001 | 0.55 | 0.49, 0.60 | <0.001 |
| Number of Observations | 7882 | 7882 | 7882 | ||||||
Note: Robust 95 per cent confidence intervals.