Table 2.

Most parsimonious model for each model class

Risk/mortality model			Economic/investment model			Cultural transmission model
Variable*†	Sign	Importance	Variable*†	Sign	Importance	Variable*†	Sign	Importance
Total fertility			Total fertility			Total fertility
Child deaths in bari	+	1.00	Woman’s level of education	−	0.95	Woman’s level of education	−	0.98
Woman in intervention area	−	0.86	Whether family owns land	+	0.91	Husband’s location	−	0.85
Infant mortality rate‡	+	0.83	Husband’s primary occupation	−	0.87	Woman in intervention area	−	0.78
Life expectancy at birth‡	+	0.74	Family engaged in agriculture	+	0.73	General fertility rate‡	+	0.69
			Household income	+	0.66
Surviving children			Surviving children			Surviving children
Child deaths in bari	+	0.95	Family engaged in agriculture	+	0.99	Woman in intervention area	−	0.78
Infant mortality rate‡	+	0.81	Whether family owns land	+	0.98	Woman’s level of education	−	0.70
Woman in intervention area	−	0.69	Woman’s level of education	−	0.67	Husband’s location	−	0.67
			Household income	+	0.64	General fertility rate‡	+	0.67
						Exposure to modern media	+	0.61

^*Variables are listed in order of importance.

^†Woman’s age and age at marriage are included as control variables in all models.

^‡Figure given for the year of the woman’s marriage, when childbearing is likely to begin.