Table 1.
Descriptive statistics
| Ever migrants | Never Migrants | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Per cent | Mean | SD | Per cent | |
| Woman’s autonomy scale | ||||||
| Would have to ask permission | 16.7 | 28.8 | ||||
| Would have only to inform | 77.5 | 69.8 | ||||
| Would not have to ask or inform | 5.8 | 1.5 | ||||
| Husband’s migration | ||||||
| Cumulative years away between 2000–2006 | 4.5 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | ||
| Currently away | 78.9 | 0.0 | ||||
| Migration success of husbands currently away | ||||||
| Husband is currently remitting funds | 63.6 | |||||
| Wife believes life has improved since migration | 52.4 | |||||
| Wife’s activities | ||||||
| Wife’s cumulative years work between 2000–2006 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | ||
| Wife’s children born between 2000–2006 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | ||
| Wife co-resides with in-laws | 55.7 | 34.0 | ||||
| Controls | ||||||
| Wife’s age | 26.2 | 5.7 | 28.8 | 6.3 | ||
| Wife’s education | ||||||
| Wife has 0 years education | 21.3 | 35.8 | ||||
| Wife has 1–4 years education | 45.6 | 45.7 | ||||
| Wife has 5+ years education | 33.1 | 18.5 | ||||
| Wife is husband’s only or first spouse | 90.8 | 82.8 | ||||
| Wife’s marital autonomy at time of marriage | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.9 | ||
| Age wife started living with husband | 18.8 | 3.2 | 20.2 | 4.4 | ||
| Wife’s religion | ||||||
| No religion | 12.0 | 17.5 | ||||
| Mainline religion | 29.2 | 24.1 | ||||
| Other religion | 58.8 | 58.5 | ||||
| Husband’s age | 32.2 | 8.2 | 36.4 | 10.6 | ||
| Husband’s education | ||||||
| Husband has 0 years education | 15.2 | 21.2 | ||||
| Husband has 1–4 years education | 43.6 | 45.3 | ||||
| Husband has 5+ years education | 41.2 | 33.5 | ||||
| N | 1088 | 590 | ||||
Source: Men’s Migration and Women’s HIV/AIDS Risks Survey, 2006