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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Dev Rev. 2015 Sep 15;41(3):409–438. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2015.00066.x

Table 3.

Linear regression, age at first birth, women born 1977–1984, Malawi 2010 Demographic and Health Survey

(1) (2) (3) (4)
Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE Coef. SE
Years of schooling 0.29 0.01 *** −0.44 0.21 * 0.29 0.01 *** −0.34 0.22
Adult mortality at age 15 −0.01 0.00 *** −0.00 0.01
Ethnicity (ref. Chewa)
 Tumbuka −0.25 0.24 0.83 0.43 −0.25 0.24 0.69 0.42
 Lomwe −0.50 0.17 ** −0.44 0.26 −0.49 0.17 ** −0.45 0.24
 Yao 0.06 0.22 0.27 0.31 0.07 0.22 0.25 0.29
 Ngoni −0.03 0.19 0.52 0.32 −0.01 0.19 0.46 0.31
 Other −0.16 0.18 −0.14 0.25 −0.15 0.18 −0.15 0.23
Religion (ref. Catholic)
 Protestant −0.03 0.11 −0.61 0.24 * −0.04 0.11 −0.54 0.24 *
 Muslim −0.40 0.21 −1.62 0.48 *** −0.40 0.21 −1.46 0.47 **
 Other/none 0.10 0.59 −1.78 0.82 * 0.07 0.59 −1.55 0.81
Urban 0.03 0.15 2.02 0.65 ** 0.03 0.15 1.77 0.65 **
Constant 17.47 0.25 *** 21.84 1.34 *** 18.18 0.34 *** 21.54 1.26 ***
Instrument for years of schooling No Yes No Yes
District Fixed Effects Yes Yes Yes Yes
N 6037 6037 6037 6037

Note:

*

p<0.05

**

p<0.01

***

p<0.001