Table A1.
Effect estimates from models of desired family size (Coombs Scale) at follow-up predicted by change in time to collect resources. Women aged 15–33 in Chitwan, Nepal at baseline.
| Fodder | Firewood | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Hours to collect resource at baseline | 0.10* (2.12) | 0.08 (1.62) | 0.05* (2.48) | 0.06** (2.75) |
| Change in hours to collect resource from baseline to follow-up | 0.13** (3.24) | 0.04* (2.21) | ||
| Change in hours to collect fodder from baseline to follow-up | ||||
| Decrease by an hour or more(fodder)/Decrease more than 6 hours (firewood) (reference category) | ||||
| Decrease by less than an hour to 10 min (fodder)/Decrease by 6 hours to 2 hours and 15 min (firewood) | 0.36* (2.25) | 0.13 (0.79) | ||
| No change (fodder)/Decrease by 2 hours to 5 min (firewood) | 0.30* (1.74) | 0.60** (2.93) | ||
| Increase by less than 1 hour (fodder)/Increase by up to 25 min (firewood) | 0.49* (2.30) | 0.42* (1.86) | ||
| Increase by more than 1 hour (fodder)/Increase by 30 min or more (firewood) | 0.50** (2.80) | 0.47* (2.23) | ||
| Baseline desired family size (Coombs Scale) | 0.12*** (4.49) | 0.12*** (4.44) | 0.12*** (4.55) | 0.12*** (4.51) |
| Gathers all fodder/firewood needs at baseline | −0.1 (−1.01) | −0.13 (−1.22) | 0 (0.05) | −0.02 (−0.19) |
| Controls (refer to respondent at baseline) | ||||
| Number of livestock household owns | 0 (−0.17) | 0 (−0.14) | ||
| Highest grade respondent completed | −0.01 (−0.69) | −0.01 (−0.83) | −0.01 (−0.88) | −0.02 (−0.95) |
| Married | 0.15 (1.00) | 0.14 (0.92) | 0.12 (0.84) | 0.14 (0.94) |
| Total number of children born | 0.28*** (5.53) | 0.28*** (5.62) | 0.28*** (5.71) | 0.28*** (5.73) |
| Number of consumer durables household owns | 0.03 (0.65) | 0.02 (0.57) | 0.02 (0.57) | 0.02 (0.56) |
| Religio-ethnicity (High caste Hindu, reference group) | ||||
| Low caste | −0.07 (−0.41) | −0.08 (−0.46) | −0.19 (−1.06) | −0.22 (−1.21) |
| Hill janajati | −0.14 (−0.91) | −0.13 (−0.84) | −0.17 (−1.16) | −0.20 (−1.34) |
| Newar | −0.07 (−0.34) | −0.06 (−0.31) | −0.13 (−0.67) | −0.15 (−0.75) |
| Terai janajati | 0.18 (1.18) | 0.18 (1.18) | 0.04 (0.30) | 0.04 (0.25) |
| Birth cohort (Age<20 at Wave 1, reference group) | ||||
| Age 20–24 in 1996 | −0.10 (−0.71) | −0.10 (−0.70) | −0.10 (−0.67) | −0.10 (−0.69) |
| Age 25–29 in 1996 | 0.03 (0.14) | 0 (−0.01) | 0.01 (0.07) | 0 (0.03) |
| Age 30–34 in 1996 | 0.05 (0.21) | 0 (0.01) | 0.02 (0.11) | 0.02 (0.08) |
| Ever used contraception | −0.38** (−3.09) | −0.38** (−3.04) | −0.36** (−2.95) | −0.35** (−2.86) |
| Parents education | 0.03 (0.32) | 0.04 (0.38) | 0.04 (0.37) | 0.05 (0.49) |
| Has toilet | −0.08 (−0.66) | −0.08 (−0.71) | −0.05 (−0.44) | −0.04 (−0.35) |
| Has electricity | 0.16 (1.40) | 0.15 (1.34) | 0.19 (1.66) | 0.19 (1.63) |
| Owns any farm land | 0.01 (0.09) | 0 (0.03) | −0.03 (−0.19) | −0.03 (−0.22) |
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| obs read | 1254 | 1254 | 1254 | 1254 |
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| Respondents | 1241 | 1241 | 1241 | 1241 |
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| Adjusted R-square | 0.13 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Effect estimates with t-statistics in parantheses. Models also include intercept.
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0.10
*
0.05
**
0.01
***
0.001;
two-tailed tests