Table 2.

Descriptive variables in full sample (N = 6214), exploratory factor analysis (EFA) split sample (N₁ = 2072), and confirmatory factor analysis split sample (CFA) (N₂ = 4142), married women ages 16–49 years in Egypt, 2006

	Sample
	Full	Na	EFA	N1a	CFA	N2a	pb
Demographic attributes
Woman’s age in years	32.59	6214	32.79	2072	32.48	4142	0.236
Number of live births	2.79	6214	2.86	2072	2.75	4142	0.044
Husband’s age in years	39.70	5864	39.86	1953	39.63	3911	0.449
Husband’s schooling completed
Illiterate	0.24	5863	0.24	1952	0.24	3911	0.488
Read and write	0.09	5863	0.09	1952	0.09	3911
Less than secondary school	0.17	5863	0.17	1952	0.17	3911
Secondary schoolc	0.29	5863	0.29	1952	0.29	3911
Higher than secondary school	0.05	5863	0.04	1952	0.05	3911
University	0.15	5863	0.15	1952	0.15	3911
Post-graduate	0.01	5863	0.01	1952	0.01	3911
Household wealth index	−0.01	6214	−0.02	2072	0.00	4142	0.661
Quintiles of household wealth
1st	0.19	6214	0.19	2072	0.19	4142	0.868
2nd	0.22	6214	0.22	2072	0.21	4142
3rd	0.22	6214	0.22	2072	0.21	4142
4th	0.20	6214	0.19	2072	0.20	4142
5th	0.18	6214	0.18	2072	0.18	4142
Women’s enabling resources
Human resources: schooling completed
Illiterate	0.38	6212	0.38	2070	0.38	4142	0.611
Read and write	0.04	6212	0.05	2070	0.04	4142
Less than secondary school	0.13	6212	0.13	2070	0.13	4142
Secondary school	0.30	6212	0.31	2070	0.30	4142
Higher than secondary school	0.03	6212	0.03	2070	0.04	4142
University	0.11	6212	0.10	2070	0.11	4142
Post-graduate	0.00	6212	0.00	2070	0.00	4142
Economic resources: engaged in market work during past 3 months (ref: no)d	0.26	6214	0.27	2072	0.25	4142	0.281
Social resources: woman lived in same location since birth (ref: no)e	0.73	6212	0.73	2071	0.72	4141	0.650
Social resources: first husband a first cousin (ref: no)f	0.20	6211	0.21	2071	0.19	4140	0.174
Social resources: age at first marriage in years	20.43	6213	20.35	2071	20.47	4142	0.385
Social resources: age at first marriage (years)
< 16	0.07	6213	0.07	2071	0.07	4142	0.764
16–29	0.90	6213	0.90	2071	0.90	4142
30–42	0.03	6213	0.02	2071	0.03	4142

^aThe sample size for characteristics of the husband is lower because some women had missing information for the line number of their spouse (an ID variable), precluding a merge with the husband’s data

^bEstimate for EFA versus CFA sample

^cIncludes technical or general secondary school

^dCaptures whether the woman reported either participating in any employment or performing any of 13 economic activities in the past three months

^eLocation defined as a combination of governate and city/town or village/hamlet

^fFirst cousin defined as the son of her mother or father’s sibling