Table 2.

Log-linear models of the association between husband’s and wife’s educational attainment: India, 1970–2012

Model	Description	Specifications	df	Deviance	p (vs. Model 2)	BIC
1	Baseline	[HW] [C]	49	3,258	––	2,756
2	Model 1 + H × C + W × C	[HW] [HC] [WC]	33	71	––	–267
3	Model 2 + C × Homogamy	[HW] [HC] [WC] [OC]	31	64	.03	–254
4	Model 2 + C × Hypergamy	[HW] [HC] [WC] [PC]	31	71	.88	–247
5	Model 2 + C × Hypogamy	[HW] [HC] [WC] [YC]	31	53	.00	–265

Notes: H = Husband’s education, W = Wife’s education, C = Cohort, O = Homogamy, P = Hypergamy, and Y = Hypogamy. BIC = Bayesian information criterion.