Table 3.
Tobit Analysis of the Impact of Adult Mortality on Marriage
| Variable | Age at First Marriage |
Interval Between First Sex and Marriage |
Age at First Sex |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| District Adult Mortality in Childhood | –0.008* (2.53) |
–0.007* (2.23) |
–0.036** (6.90) |
–0.033** (6.58) |
–0.004 (1.48) |
–0.003 (1.37) |
| Number of Siblings | 0.033* (1.99) |
0.023 (1.41) |
0.001 (0.04) |
–0.003 (0.11) |
0.036** (2.76) |
0.025† (1.92) |
| Birth Order | –0.014 (0.77) |
–0.017 (0.96) |
–0.017 (0.55) |
–0.023 (0.77) |
–0.029* (2.00) |
–0.029* (2.06) |
| Proportion of Deceased Infant/Child Siblings | –0.927** (5.39) |
–0.689** (3.99) |
–1.310** (4.50) |
–1.027** (3.53) |
–0.625** (4.54) |
–0.586** (4.25) |
| Proportion of Deceased Adult Siblings | –1.095** (2.92) |
–0.861* (2.34) |
–1.396* (2.18) |
–1.119† (1.79) |
–0.723* (2.41) |
–0.476 (1.61) |
| Childhood Place of Residence Is a Town | –0.463* (2.27) |
–0.234 (1.14) |
–0.703* (2.09) |
–0.361 (1.07) |
0.008 (0.05) |
0.015 (0.09) |
| Childhood Place of Residence Is a Countryside | –1.113** (5.98) |
–0.504** (2.66) |
–1.514** (4.95) |
–0.602† (1.93) |
–0.460** (3.15) |
–0.287† (1.93) |
| District Fixed Effects | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Village (cluster) Fixed Effects | yes | yes | yes | |||
| Number of Observations | 9,161 | 9,161 | 8,527 | 8,527 | 9,141 | 9,141 |
| Uncensored Observations | 7,723 | 7,723 | 7,106 | 7,106 | 8,294 | 8,294 |
| Censored Observations | 1,438 | 1,438 | 1,421 | 1,421 | 847 | 847 |
Notes: Absolute t statistics are in parentheses. The models also control for a constant term and women’s age (birth year), ethnicity, and religion.
†
p < .10;
*
p < .05;
**
p < .01