. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Aug 5.

Published in final edited form as: J Popul Res (Canberra). 2008 Oct;25(3):337–355. doi: 10.1007/BF03033894

Appendix 2.

Coefficients from ordinal logit models for women’s autonomy and mobility scale and from logit models for women’s employment

	Score on Empowerment Index		Score on Mobility Index		Any work		Wage work
Variable^a	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Urban residence	0.0921^**	0.0999^**	0.108^**	0.113^**	−1.351^***	−1.350^***	−0.709^***	−0.708^***
Age of the woman	0.0198^***	0.0190^***	0.0161^***	0.0156^***	0.0304^***	0.0303^***	0.0273^***	0.0272^***
No. of children	0.0435^***	0.0396^***	0.0229	0.0196	0.137^***	0.136^***	−0.00758	−0.00849
Other backward classes	−0.130^***	−0.132^***	−0.0493	−0.0527	0.394^***	0.394^***	0.360^***	0.361^***
Dalit	0.00456	−0.00358	−0.131^**	−0.141^**	0.330^***	0.328^***	0.683^***	0.682^***
Adivasi	0.0166	0.00698	−0.0826	−0.0963	0.893^***	0.891^***	1.114^***	1.112^***
Muslim	−0.128^**	−0.131^**	−0.190^***	−0.192^***	−0.212^***	−0.213^***	−0.269^***	−0.268^***
Other religion	−0.122	−0.132	−0.13	−0.126	0.306^***	0.308^***	0.133	0.133
1–5 grade education	0.0105	0.019	−0.0927	−0.0917	−0.438^***	−0.438^***	−0.459^***	−0.458^***
6–9 grade education	0.03	0.0315	0.0326	0.031	−0.630^***	−0.630^***	−0.884^***	−0.885^***
10 grade-some college	0.0861	0.0746	0.0259	0.0161	−0.576^***	−0.576^***	−0.224^*	−0.226^*
College graduate	0.276^***	0.276^***	0.303^***	0.298^***	−0.102	−0.104	0.756^***	0.756^***
Non-agricultural labour HH	0.246^***	0.247^***	0.174^**	0.170^**	−0.459^***	−0.460^***	−0.350^***	−0.351^***
Small farmer HH	−0.0036	−0.00681	0.0414	0.0344	0.451^***	0.450^***	−1.175^***	−1.177^***
Med./large farmer	−0.130^*	−0.131^*	−0.0966	−0.103	0.302^***	0.300^***	−1.718^***	−1.721^***
Trade/artisan HH	0.0634	0.0698	0.087	0.087	−0.767^***	−0.768^***	−1.441^***	−1.441^***
Salaried/professional HH	−0.00979	−0.00423	0.193^***	0.190^**	−1.016^***	−1.020^***	−1.227^***	−1.229^***
Retired/other HH	−0.215^**	−0.255^**	0.06	0.0554	−1.028^***	−1.036^***	−1.560^***	−1.568^***
Log per capita consumption expenditure	0.101^***	0.0915^***	0.106^***	0.104^***	−0.105^***	−0.105^***	−0.451^***	−0.452^***
Any older women in HH	−0.889^***	−0.747^***	−0.274^***	−0.167^***	−0.281^***	−0.266^***	−0.258^***	−0.229^***
Migrant husband	1.022^***	1.954^***	1.102^***	1.742^***	0.307^***	0.555^***	0.311^**	0.533^***
Divorced/widowed	3.012^***	3.734^***	1.757^***	2.244^***	1.029^***	0.997^***	1.530^***	1.603^***
Migrant ^* Older women		−1.918^***		−1.407^***		−0.432^*		−0.521^*
Divorced ^* Older women		−2.142^***		−1.317^***		0.0856		−0.217
Constant	0.767^***	0.685^**	1.535^***	1.522^***	0.248	0.25	1.559^***	1.564^***
Cut 2	3.062^***	2.979^***	2.355^***	2.345^***
Cut 3	4.347^***	4.283^***	3.024^***	3.019^***
Cut 4	5.457^***	5.432^***
Cut 5	6.058^***	6.062^***
N	30,972	30,972	27,125	27,125	33,370	33,370	33,370	33,370

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p < 0.01

^**

p < 0.05

p < 0.1.

Each regression also contains dummy variables for state of residence, results not reported. Source: India Human Development Survey, 2005.