Table 3.

Autonomy in Household Outcomes in Follow-up survey (2005–7)

Dependent variable	Comparison group variable mean (s.d.)	Coefficient estimate (s.e.) on programme indicator
‘Women have always been subject to traditional laws and customs and should remain so.’ (0 to 1) (vs. ‘Women should have equal rights and receive the same treatment as men do.’) [AFB]	0.17 (0.31)	−0.009 (0.022)
‘Men can beat their wives and children if they misbehave.’ (0 to 1) (vs. ‘No one has the right to use physical violence against anyone else.’) [AFB]	0.25 (0.38)	−0.068*** (0.024)
Ever married (0–1)	0.21 (0.41)	−0.018 (0.034)
Ever married, with family involvement in spouse choice (0–1)	0.042 (0.201)	−0.024* (0.013)
Ever married, without family involvement in spouse choice (0–1)	0.165 (0.371)	0.005 (0.031)
Total fertility	0.400 (0.764)	−0.030 (0.065)
Lack of autonomy mean effect	0.00 (1.00)	−0.181** (0.077)

Notes

Each row is from a separate OLS regression. Significant at 90% (*), 95% (**), 99% (***) confidence.

The outcome variable is regressed on the GSP (treatment) indicator, an indicator for student cohort, student age at time of the survey, educational attainment of each parent, and timing of the follow-up survey (coefficient estimates not shown). Standard errors are clustered by school. The sample size is 1387. Details on the mean effect analysis are in the text. The autonomy mean effect includes the two attitude questions and the ‘Ever married, with family involvement in spouse choice’ variables. AFB indicates a question from the Afrobarometer Survey.