Table 1.
Prevalence of household types based on husbands’ and wives’ reports of which spouse has more marital power.
Wife Report | |||||
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Husband Report | More | Equal | Less | Total | |
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More | 148 | 389 | 409 | 946 | |
4.1% | 10.7% | 11.3% | 26.1% | ||
Equal | 377 | 1,477 | 441 | 2,295 | |
10.4% | 40.8% | 12.2% | 63.4% | ||
Less | 195 | 136 | 49 | 380 | |
5.4% | 3.8% | 1.4% | 10.5% | ||
Total | 720 | 2,002 | 899 | 3,621 | |
19.9% | 55.3% | 24.8% | 100.0% |
Note: authors’ own calculations using data from the 2015 Mexican Health and Aging Study (n=3,621 dyads).