Table 5.
Probit and ordinary least squares models predicting determinants of marital-age preferences and attitudes approving child marriage among unmarried females aged 15–24, 2012 Indonesian Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey
| Martial-age preferences (years) | Attitudes approving child marriage (< 18 years) | |
|---|---|---|
| Age splines (years, base = age 15) | (A) | (B) |
| Age 16 (years) | 0.17 | −0.01 |
| (0.11) | (0.01) | |
| Age 17 (years) | 0.30 | 0.00 |
| (0.11)*** | (0.01) | |
| Age 18 (years) | 0.22 | 0.01 |
| (0.12)* | (0.01) | |
| Age 19 (years) | 0.44 | −0.01 |
| (0.12)*** | (0.01) | |
| Age 20 (years) | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| (0.12)*** | (0.01) | |
| Age > 21 (years) | 0.97 | 0.01 |
| Education (base = some or complete secondary) | (0.10)*** | (0.01) |
| No education | −0.27 | 0.02 |
| (0.44) | (0.03) | |
| Some or complete elementary education | −0.79 | 0.03 |
| (0.10)*** | (0.01)*** | |
| > secondary education | 0.43 | −0.03 |
| (0.07)*** | (0.01)*** | |
| Wealth quintile 2 (base = quintile 1) | −0.04 | −0.01 |
| (0.09) | (0.01)** | |
| Wealth quintile 3 | 0.04 | −0.02 |
| (0.09) | (0.01)*** | |
| Wealth quintile 4 | 0.14 | −0.03 |
| (0.10) | (0.01)*** | |
| Wealth quintile 5 | 0.19 | −0.04 |
| (0.10)** | (0.01)*** | |
| Listens to radio at least once a week | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| (0.06) | (0.01) | |
| Reads newspaper or magazine at least once a week | 0.11 | 0.01 |
| (0.06)* | (0.01) | |
| Watches TV at least once a week | −0.04 | −0.00 |
| (0.08) | (0.01) | |
| Rural (base = urban) | −0.21 | 0.02 |
| (0.06)*** | (0.01)*** | |
| Adjusted for provincial fixed effects | Yes | Yes |
| χ2-stat provincial fixed effects (p-value) | 7.45 (0.000) | 117.50 (0.000) |
| χ2-stat education indicators (p-value) | 56.22 (0.000) | 88.70 (0.000) |
| χ2-stat media exposure indicators (p-value) | 1.02 (0.384) | 2.41 (0.492) |
| Sample size | 8779 | 8779 |
| R2 / Pseudo-R2 | 0.11 | 0.12 |
Notes: Coefficients for marital-age preferences models are from ordinary least squares regression models and coefficients for attitudes approving child marriage (< 18 years) are from probit models reported as marginal effects. Standard errors in parenthesis clustered at the primary-sampling unit (PSU) level. * p < 0.1 ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01. Wealth quintiles are pre-computed in the ARH using principle component analysis and a range of household-level durable asset ownership and housing quality indicators