Table 3.
Standardized path coefficients of the latent variable SEM (n = 7451), Senegal DHS 2010–2011
| Predictors in the equation (X): | Dependent variables in the equation (Y): | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Column 1] Age at first marriage |
[Column 2] Decision-making power |
[Column 3] Attitudes towards violence |
[Column 4] Attitudes towards sex negotiation |
[Column 5] SBA use |
|
| Endogenous variables | |||||
| (1) Age at first marriage | –0.014 | 0.003 | 0.046* | 0.020 | |
| (2) Decision-making power | 0.005 | ||||
| (3) Attitudes against violence | 0.062* | ||||
| (4) Attitudes towards sex negotiation | 0.094*** | ||||
| Exogenous variables | |||||
| Education | 0.102*** | 0.100** | 0.215** | 0.156*** | 0.068* |
| Age | 0.877*** | 0.097* | 0.006 | 0.026 | 0.103** |
| Parity | –0.749*** | 0.042 | –0.031 | –0.020 | –0.122*** |
| Employment for payment | –0.022 | 0.160*** | 0.028 | –0.016 | –0.039* |
| Household head | –0.025* | 0.070*** | –0.018 | 0.011 | 0.005 |
| Urban residence | 0.008 | 0.101* | 0.092* | 0.093** | 0.170*** |
| Having son(s) | –0.020 | –0.002 | –0.022 | 0.010 | –0.047** |
| Household wealth (the 2nd lowest) | 0.026* | –0.063* | 0.001 | 0.086*** | 0.150*** |
| Household wealth (the 3rd lowest) | 0.047*** | –0.034 | –0.021 | 0.117*** | 0.261*** |
| Household wealth (the 4th lowest) | 0.066*** | –0.013 | –0.005 | 0.233*** | 0.342*** |
| Household wealth (the highest) | 0.047* | 0.040 | 0.074 | 0.260*** | 0.407*** |
| Polygamous union as a first wife | –0.090*** | –0.012 | 0.005 | –0.024 | –0.039* |
| Polygamous union as a second or lower | –0.027* | –0.021 | –0.034 | –0.070*** | –0.045** |
| Less education than husband | 0.042* | 0.018 | 0.103*** | 0.048** | –0.004 |
| More education than husband | –0.014 | –0.009 | –0.018 | –0.008 | –0.070** |
| Perceived difficulty in accessing health care | –0.067*** | ||||
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. Reference groups: residence = rural; household wealth = the lowest; marital relationship = monogamous union; relative education = almost the same education as husband
DF (Degree of Freedom) = 109, RMSEA = 0.011, CFI = 0.994, TLI = 0.991, WRMR = 0.915
R squared: 0.495 (age at first marriage), 0.113 (decision-making), 0.212 (attitudes towards violence), 0.130 (attitudes towards sex negotiation), 0.457 (SBA use)