Table 8.
Congregation level variance on individual level outcomes (MDICP-3, 2004)
| Variable | Description | Rho | Na |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic | |||
| Household Goods | Index: household owns mattress, radio, bicycle, pit latrine | 0.12 ** | 3101 |
| Education† | Ever attended secondary school (0–1) | 0.31 ** | 3101 |
| Value Crops (logged) | Logged sum; market value of crops produced last year | 0.05 ** | 3101 |
| Value Livestock (logged) | Logged sum; market value of animals owned by household | 0.14 ** | 3101 |
| HIV Prevention | |||
| A† | Never married persons; never had sex (0–1) | 0.05 ** | 615 |
| B† | Married persons; no extramarital partner in past year (0–1) | 0.04 ** | 2486 |
| C† | Sexually active persons; ever used condom (0–1) | 0.11 ** | 2887 |
| Number of Partners | Lifetime number of sexual partners, recoded to 95th percentile (0–20) | 0.08 ** | 3101 |
| Attitudes | |||
| Worried about HIV | How worried are you about catching HIV? (0–4) | 0.01 | 3101 |
| Against Premarital sex† | Reports sex between unmarried persons is never acceptable, even if the couple loves each other | 0.02 | 3101 |
| Divorce for Unfaithfulness† | Believes it is acceptable for a married woman to leave her spouse if he is unfaithful (0–1) | 0.06 ** | 3101 |
**
Notes: p<0.01,
Each calculation uses OLS or logistic (†) regression with no other controls.
a
The smaller number of observations in this table result from using listwise deletion, so that rho’s are calculated only for observations that have all data points included in the table.