Table 3.

Odds ratios from the ordered logit model of the empowerment scale and the logit model of the final say alone dummy, N = 4,884.

	Empowerment Scale OR	Final Say Alone OR
Urban residence	0.98	1.32
Hindu	1.33**	1.29*
Caste/ethnicity
High caste	0.91	1.31*
Tibeto-Burman	1.31**	1.91***
Other (ref)	1.00	1.00
Household wealth
Highest	1.52***	1.49**
Intermediate high	1.32**	1.31*
Middle	1.31**	1.34**
Intermediate low	1.19*	1.29**
Lowest (ref)	1.00	1.00
Wife of household head	4.60***	4.27***
Age	1.03***	1.02***
Education
None (ref)	1.00	1.00
Primary	1.17*	1.41**
Some secondary or more	1.74***	1.82**
Employment remuneration
Unpaid (ref)	1.00	1.00
Paid in kind only	1.25**	1.42**
Paid in cash	1.44**	2.25***
Owns livestock	1.32***	1.45***
Land ownership
Lives in landed household (ref)	1.00	1.00
Owns land herself	1.50***	1.48***
Lives in landless household	1.18	1.26
−2 Log Likelihood	12,923	4,873
Model Chi-Square	566.6***	362.4***

^*p<0.10

^**p<0.05

^***p<0.01

Source: Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2001