Table 2.

Separate multi-level bivariate linear regression models showing the associations between individual and village norms and attitudes with age at marriage (stratified by female and male level variables) (N = 581 couple level dyads).

Variables reported by wives			Variables reported by husbands
	Beta	P value		Beta	P value
Wife reports marital choice	0.08	0.27	Husband reports wife marital choice	0.11	0.13
Wife reports community norm in support of girls marital choice	0.05	0.54	Husband reports community norm in support of girls marital choice	0.03	0.70
Wife report of community norms of ideal age of marriage (continuous)	0.09	0.26	Husband report of community norms of ideal age of marriage (continuous)	0.05	0.47
Wife's belief in optimal age of marriage	−0.06	0.78	Husband's belief in optimal age of marriage	0.04	0.84
Village aggregate wife reports marital choice	0.40	<0.001	Village aggregate husband reports wife marital choice	0.30	0.01
Village aggregate wife reports community supports wife marital choice	0.25	0.05	Village aggregate husband reports community supports wife marital choice	0.31	0.01
Village aggregate wife reports of community ideal age of marriage	0.32	0.01	Village aggregate husband's reports of ideal age of marriage	0.40	<0.001
Village aggregate wife reports ideal age of marriage	0.30	0.02	Village aggregate husband reports ideal age of marriage	0.33	0.01

NB: variables in bold are statistically significant at the α = 0.10 threshold.