Table I.

Younger Sister Effects on Parental Coresidence, Women Aged 15–24

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	Bangladesh	India	Nepal	Pakistan
Panel A. First subsequent pregnancy (conditional on ≥ 1 more pregnancy)
Younger sister	−0.035	−0.027	−0.037	−0.028
	[0.007]	[0.003]	[0.010]	[0.011]
Mean among women w/ a younger brother	0.49	0.59	0.44	0.73
Number of observations	14,650	77,589	7,542	6,211
Panel B. Second subsequent pregnancy (conditional on ≥ 2 more pregnancies)
Younger sister	−0.015	−0.014	−0.015	−0.010
	[0.008]	[0.004]	[0.010]	[0.011]
Mean among women w/ a younger brother	0.46	0.55	0.41	0.72
Number of observations	11,881	58,647	6,453	5,677

Notes. OLS estimates. Brackets contain standard errors clustered at the PSU level. Only observations with singleton current and subsequent births are included. Each cell reports a coefficient from a separate regression. The dependent variable equals 1 if the woman resides with her mother, 0 otherwise. All regressions include fixed effects for age, mother’s region of residence, survey year, and the exact composition of older siblings by birth order and sex. Regressions also control for spacing from the previous birth, maternal and paternal educational attainment, maternal age, and rural residence.

Source. DHS Fertility Histories.