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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 14.
Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2014 Dec;51(6):2307–2332. doi: 10.1007/s13524-014-0319-4

Table 2.

Gendered Outcomes for Hindu and Muslim Women

Hindu Muslim Indicator
Ever-married women aged 15–49
  Not practicing purdah/ghunghat 0.47 0.16 External
  Go out with their husband for outings 0.52 0.40 External
  Men and women eat together 0.48 0.51 Internal
  No. of items for which respondent is the primary
decision maker (max=5)
1.45 1.43 Internal
  Participation in the labor force 0.56 0.41 External
  Participation in wage work 0.27 0.11 External
Probability of Dying Between Age 1 and 5 (births
taking place 5–15 years before survey interview)
Internal
  Boys 0.014 0.016
  Girls 0.022 0.017