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. 2021 Oct;146:105579. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105579

Table 4.

Empowerment outcomes for women and men, members vs. nonmembers.

Women's outcomes
Men's outcomes
Empowerment outcome N Members Non-Members Difference in Means N Members Non-Members Difference in Means
Aggregate score: pro-WEAI
Empowerment score (3DE) 1,437 0.715 0.607 0.107*** 1,339 0.747 0.723 0.024**
Intrahousehold inequality score 1,337 0.059 0.092 −0.033***



Aggregate score: A-WEAI
Empowerment score (5DE) 1,470 0.785 0.682 0.103*** 1,343 0.848 0.814 0.034***
Intrahousehold inequality score 1,343 0.072 0.107 −0.035***



Attitudes about intimate partner violence against women
0/1: Adequate in intimate partner violence against women domain 1,470 0.747 0.739 0.008 1,344 0.763 0.766 −0.003
Number of scenarios where respondent disagrees with IPV against women 1,470 4.341 4.415 −0.073 1,344 4.44 4.534 −0.094



Respect among household members
Meets all 4 criteria for respect related to spouse, other respondent, or another household member 1,437 0.589 0.576 0.012 1,340 0.628 0.68 −0.052



Instrumental agency, Input in productive decisions
0/1: Has input or feels can make decisions on all agricultural activities they participate in 1,470 0.824 0.763 0.061*** 1,344 0.858 0.836 0.021
# activities for which respondent has some input or feels can make decisions 1,470 2.424 2.200 0.224** 1,344 2.499 2.440 0.059



Ownership of land and other assets
0/1: Owns, solely or jointly, at least 3 assets, or land 1,470 0.966 0.954 0.013 1,344 0.988 0.973 0.015*
Total assets that are solely/jointly owned by respondent 1,470 6.478 6.207 0.272* 1,344 6.867 6.674 0.192*



Access to and decisions on financial services
0/1: Adequate with respect to access to and decisions on financial services 1,470 0.786 0.703 0.083** 1,344 0.877 0.803 0.074**
# accessible sources where respondent solely/jointly participated in credit decisions 1,470 0.73 0.307 0.423*** 1,344 0.55 0.365 0.185***



Control over use of income
0/1: Has input in decisions on how to use income and output from all activities participated in 1,470 0.842 0.788 0.054* 1,344 0.917 0.877 0.040*
# activities respondent has input in decisions on income and output from all activities participated in 1,470 2.968 2.678 0.290** 1,344 3.354 3.249 0.105



Work balance
0/1: Works <10.5 h/day (including time spent on childcare as a secondary activity) 1,470 0.354 0.374 −0.02 1,343 0.701 0.69 0.011
Number of hours worked = time spent on primary activity plus ½ time spent in childcare as secondary activity 1,470 11.096 10.988 0.108 1,343 8.906 8.921 −0.015



Mobility
0/1: Adequate in mobility domain 1,470 0.951 0.968 −0.017 1,344 0.995 1 −0.005*
Number of places visited daily/weekly/biweekly/monthly or when required 1,470 4.099 3.793 0.306*** 1,344 4.211 4.165 0.046



Collective agency, Group membership
0/1 Active member of at least one group 1,470 0.439 0.024 0.415*** 1,344 0.129 0.074 0.055***
No of groups where respondent is an active member 1,470 0.463 0.026 0.436*** 1,344 0.145 0.08 0.066***



Membership in influential groups
0/1: Active member of influential group 1,470 0.173 0.012 0.162*** 1,344 0.058 0.032 0.026*
No. of influential groups respondent is a member of 1,470 0.186 0.013 0.173*** 1,344 0.064 0.036 0.028**

Notes: Standard errors in parenthesis. *, **, *** represent significance at 10, 5 and 1 percent, respectively.