Table 3.
Linear regression, age at first birth, women born 1977–1984, Malawi 2010 Demographic and Health Survey
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |||||||||
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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