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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 3.

Impact of Selected Covariates on Markers of Gender Performance

External Internal

Variable No Purdaha Family Outinga Men & Women Eat
Togethera
Primary Decision
Makerb

Coef. Z-statistic Coef. Z-statistic Coef. Z-statistic Coef. Z-Statistic

Muslim −2.09 −23.01 ** −0.48 −8.45 ** 0.35 5.77 ** 0.00 0.03
No Husband in the Household −0.38 −3.24 ** 0.04 0.37 0.48 3.09 ** 0.50 6.65 **
Not Married 0.82 4.18 ** −1.16 −6.50 ** −0.13 −0.63 1.42 13.64 **
Husband's Education −0.02 −4.35 ** 0.03 5.31 ** 0.01 2.71 ** 0.00 −0.90
Husband in Salaried Job 0.02 0.32 0.06 1.18 0.24 5.10 ** 0.01 0.57
No. Persons in the Household −0.08 −3.61 ** −0.06 −3.07 ** −0.10 −4.28 ** −0.05 −6.54 **
No. of Married Women in the
Household 0.01 0.10 0.06 0.99 −0.36 −5.18 ** −0.15 −5.47 **
Place of residence (omitted category:
Metropolitan City)
  Other urban 0.01 0.10 −0.44 −5.59 ** −0.65 −8.00 ** 0.02 0.54
  More developed village −0.56 −6.03 ** −0.78 −8.89 ** −0.92 −10.12 ** −0.06 −1.50
  Less developed village −0.43 −4.62 ** −0.71 −7.93 ** −0.98 −10.60 ** −0.08 −2.20 *
Household cultivates land −0.07 −1.41 −0.08 −1.59 0.06 1.25 −0.12 −4.12 **
Log of total income 0.08 2.96 ** 0.19 7.54 ** 0.01 0.57 −0.02 −1.66
Income less than 0 0.23 0.74 1.74 5.61 ** −0.13 −0.47 −0.07 −0.46
Age of the woman 0.02 5.86 ** −0.01 −5.19 ** 0.00 0.92 0.01 11.86 **
No. of children living with respondent 0.03 0.98 0.03 1.19 0.03 1.17 0.05 4.35 **
Years of education of the woman 0.05 9.07 ** 0.08 14.45 ** 0.03 4.76 ** 0.00 1.57
Constant −0.31 −0.88 −0.77 −2.49 * 2.04 6.57 ** 1.84 11.83 **
N 29,741 29,679 29,735 27,883
Chi-Sq (df=37) 6,586 2,856 4,046
R-Square 0.2705
Predicted probability of gendered behav ior
  Hindu 0.49 0.55 0.50 1.45
  Muslim 0.11 0.43 0.59 1.45

Note: All models include dummy variables for state of residence (not presented in the table). Predicte d probability of gendered behavior is from regressions holding all other variables at their mean values.

a

Coefficients are from logistic regression.

b

Coefficients are from linear regression.

*

p < .05;

**

p < 0.01