Table 3. Standardized path coefficients of the latent variable SEM (n = 4,340 for the analysis), TDHS 2010.
| Dependent variables in the equation (Y): | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Predictors in the equation (X): |
[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 | 0.006 | -0.030 | 0.002 | 0.006 | ||
| (2) Decision-making power | 0.080** | |||||
| (3) Attitudes towards violence | -0.004 | |||||
| (4) Attitudes towards sex negotiation | 0.044 | |||||
| Exogenous variables | ||||||
| Education | 0.177*** | 0.132*** | 0.086** | 0.225*** | 0.121*** | |
| Age at childbirth | 0.908*** | 0.194*** | 0.136** | 0.013 | 0.181*** | |
| Parity | -0.804*** | -0.111* | -0.132** | -0.045 | -0.211*** | |
| Employment for payment | -0.015 | 0.062** | 0.083*** | 0.055* | 0.046 | |
| Household head | 0.003 | 0.099*** | -0.019 | 0.068** | 0.005 | |
| Urban residence | 0.013 | 0.031 | -0.047 | 0.030 | 0.152*** | |
| Having son(s) | -0.051** | 0.055* | 0.002 | 0.006 | -0.070** | |
| Household wealth (the 2nd lowest) | 0.017 | -0.033 | 0.065* | 0.020 | 0.014 | |
| Household wealth (the 3rd lowest) | 0.010 | -0.050 | 0.000 | 0.034 | 0.080** | |
| Household wealth (the 4th lowest) | -0.026 | -0.091* | 0.039 | 0.039 | 0.150*** | |
| Household wealth (the highest) | 0.002 | 0.006 | 0.239*** | 0.084 | 0.289*** | |
| Polygamous union as a first wife | -0.057** | -0.060** | -0.023 | -0.018 | -0.061** | |
| Polygamous union as a second or lower | 0.036* | -0.117*** | -0.001 | -0.069** | -0.065** | |
| Relative age | 0.064*** | 0.036 | 0.022 | 0.011 | 0.001 | |
| Less education than husband | 0.062** | 0.032 | 0.047 | 0.052 | 0.038 | |
| More education than husband | 0.031 | -0.025 | 0.007 | 0.033 | -0.032 | |
| Perceived difficulty in accessing health care | -0.121*** | |||||
Note
***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 with husbands. DF = 169, RMSEA = 0.013, CFI = 0.993, TLI = 0.989, WRMR = 0.849. R-square: 0.367 (age at first marriage), 0.087 (decision-making), 0.090 (perceptions against violence), 0.101 (perceptions for sex negotiation), 0.395 (SBA use).