Table 3.
Multivariate ordinary least squares regression models predicting Women's fertility (number of births) in 2012 for married women aged 15–49 years, 2006 and 2012 Egyptian labor market panel survey (N = 4336).
| Key Variables in 2006 | Model 1 |
Model 2 |
Model 3 |
Model 4 |
Model 5 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | b | (SE) | |
| Education (years) | −0.029*** | (0.00) | −0.028*** | (0.00) | −0.031*** | (0.00) | −0.029*** | (0.00) | −0.027*** | (0.00) |
| Instrumental Agency | ||||||||||
| Individual Household Decision Making | – | – | 0.06*** | (0.01) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Joint Household Decision Making | – | – | – | – | 0.04*** | (0.01) | – | – | – | – |
| Mobility | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.30*** | (0.03) | – | – |
| Intrinsic Agency | ||||||||||
| Gender Beliefs & Attitudes |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
−0.10** |
(0.04) |
| Mother's Education (Ref = Primary) | ||||||||||
| None | 0.48* | (0.23) | 0.47* | (0.23) | 0.49* | (0.23) | 0.44 | (0.23) | 0.47* | (0.23) |
| Secondary or Higher | 0.27 | (0.23) | 0.27 | (0.23) | 0.26 | (0.23) | 0.28 | (0.23) | 0.26 | (0.23) |
| Age at Marriage (years) | −0.09*** | (0.01) | −0.09*** | (0.01) | −0.09*** | (0.01) | −0.09*** | (0.01) | −0.09*** | (0.01) |
| Ever Employed | 0.25*** | (0.05) | 0.21*** | (0.05) | 0.25*** | (0.05) | 0.19*** | (0.05) | 0.26*** | (0.05) |
| Region (Ref = Greater Cairo) | ||||||||||
| Alexandria & Suez Canal | 0.02 | (0.10) | 0.05 | (0.10) | 0.01 | (0.10) | 0.07 | (0.10) | 0.01 | (0.10) |
| Urban Lower | 0.10 | (0.09) | 0.08 | (0.09) | 0.13 | (0.09) | 0.097 | (0.09) | 0.09 | (0.09) |
| Urban Upper | 0.42*** | (0.08) | 0.49*** | (0.08) | 0.43*** | (0.08) | 0.54*** | (0.08) | 0.43*** | (0.08) |
| Rural Lower | 0.18* | (0.08) | 0.18* | (0.08) | 0.22** | (0.08) | 0.21** | (0.08) | 0.18* | (0.08) |
| Rural Upper | 0.40*** | (0.08) | 0.49*** | (0.08) | 0.42*** | (0.08) | 0.55*** | (0.08) | 0.40*** | (0.08) |
| Household Wealth Index (Ref = Poorest) | ||||||||||
| Poorer | 0.01 | (0.06) | 0.02 | (0.06) | 0.01 | (0.06) | 0.04 | (0.06) | 0.011 | (0.06) |
| Middle | −0.05 | (0.07) | −0.05 | (0.07) | −0.06 | (0.07) | −0.02 | (0.07) | −0.05 | (0.07) |
| Richer | 0.11 | (0.07) | 0.13 | (0.07) | 0.10 | (0.07) | 0.15* | (0.07) | 0.12 | (0.07) |
| Richest |
0.19* |
(0.08) |
0.20* |
(0.08) |
0.17* |
(0.08) |
0.22** |
(0.08) |
0.19* |
(0.08) |
| R-squared | 0.131 | 0.141 | 0.137 | 0.153 | 0.133 | |||||
| BIC | 14816.2 | 14776.4 | 14793.8 | 14714.4 | 14816.7 | |||||
Notes: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Standard errors in parentheses.