Table 4.

Multilevel analysis of sex ratio and husband’s controlling behaviour in India, National Family Health Survey, India, 2005–06 (N = 63,330)

	Model 1 Not permitted to visit female friends		Model 2 Limits contact with family		Model 3 Not trust with money
	b	SE	b	SE	b	SE
FIXED EFFECTS:
Explanatory variables
Level 2
Female-to-male sex ratio	−.002	.001	−.001	.001	−.004**	.001
Region (ref=north)
South	−.854**	.072	−.308**	.061	−.728**	.074
East	−.032	.088	.284**	.073	.304**	.090
Northeast	−.737**	.083	−.262**	.073	−.561**	.086
Level 1
Woman’s status
Years of education	−.028**	.003	−.046**	.004	−.027**	.003
Educ diff (husb–wife)	−.011**	.003	−.012**	.004	−.011**	.003
Paid work	.079**	.026	.202**	.029	.033	.025
Age	−.008**	.002	−.010**	.002	−.002	.002
# of sons	.018	.012	.010	.013	−.003	.011
Household Standard of living (ref=high)
Low	.074	.039	.196**	.044	.090*	.038
Medium	.055	.031	.151**	.036	.068*	.030
Caste (ref=other caste)
Scheduled caste	.057	.036	.133**	.042	.038	.035
Scheduled tribe	−.034	.052	−.185**	.058	−.052	.051
Other backward caste	−.058	.034	.059	.038	−.042	.033
Intercept	−1.451**	.157	−2.407**	.143	−1.421**	.161
−2 Log likelihood	337628		349,506		333,893

^**p < .01,

^*p < .05