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. 2023 Sep 28;18(9):e0292084. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292084

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.