Table 4.

Effects of education and international travel on the change in the gap in whether married sons should care for parents and whether married daughters should, 1996 – 2008

Education
Educational attainment, 1996	.01 (.01)
Educational attainment, 1996–2008	−.00 (.01)
International travel
Travel outside Nepal, 1996	.01 (.07)
Travel outside Nepal, 1996–2008	−.09* (.05)
Other key factors
Female	−.16*** (.05)
Family experiences
Married in both 1996 and 2008	.08 (.09)
Married in only 2008	.13* (.08)
Have children in 2008	−.05 (.05)
Number of siblings in 2008	−.01 (.01)
Ethnicity/caste
Dalit	.01 (.07)
Hill Indigenous	−.10* (.05)
Newar	.00 (.07)
Terai Indigenous	.08 (.06)
Respondent Age in 1996	−.01 (.01)
Attitude in 1996	.10*** (.03)
Intercept	.13 (.19)
N	1576
R-Sq	4.4

Notes: Each column represents a linear regression model. Standard errors in parentheses.

^†p < 0.10;

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01;

^***p < 0.001; one-tailed tests