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

Table 6.

Effect of SHG membership on pro-WEAI domains and component indicators.

Women
Men
OLS NNM Control group mean OLS NNM Control group mean
Intrinsic agency
Attitudes about intimate partner violence against women N = 1467 N = 1342
0/1: Adequate in intimate partner violence against women domain 0.005 −0.010 0.739 0.008 0.009 0.766
(0.022) (0.026) (0.024) (0.0260)
Number of scenarios where respondent disagrees with IPV against women −0.072 −0.088 4.415 −0.063 −0.0183 4.534
(0.056) (0.08) (0.063) (0.0711)



Respect among household members N = 1434 N = 1338
Meets all 4 criteria for respect related to spouse, other respondent, or another household member 0.012 0.032 0.576 −0.064* −0.036 0.68
(0.021) (0.030) (0.035) (0.031)



Instrumental agency
Input in productive decisions N = 1,467 N = 1,342
0/1: Has input or feels can make decisions on all agricultural activities they participate in 0.053** 0.035 0.763 0.029 0.017 0.836
(0.021) (0.024) (0.022) (0.022)
# activities for which respondent has some input or feels can make decisions 0.173* 0.220*** 2.200 0.032 0.029 2.440
(0.100) (0.085) (0.084) (0.074)



Ownership of land and other assets N = 1467 N = 1342
0/1: Owns, solely or jointly, at least 3 assets, or land 0.01 0.009 0.954 0.013 0.006 0.973
(0.012) (0.012) (0.009) (0.008)
Total assets that are solely/jointly owned by respondent 0.168 0.224* 6.207 0.105 0.095 6.674
(0.110) 0.121 (0.096) (0.109)



Access to and decisions on financial services N = 1,467 N = 1,342
0/1: Adequate with respect to access to and decisions on financial services 0.080** 0.094*** 0.703 0.063** 0.0428* 0.803
(0.034) (0.028) (0.024) (0.023)
# accessible sources where respondent solely/jointly participated in credit decisions 0.388*** 0.395*** 0.307 0.211*** 0.149*** 0.365
(0.063) (0.052) (0.067) (0.053)



Control over use of income N = 1467 N = 1342
0/1: Has input in decisions on how to use income and output from all activities participated in 0.034 0.019 0.788 0.04** 0.04** 0.877
(0.024) (0.024) (0.018) (0.021)
# activities respondent has input in decisions on income and output from all activities participated in 0.206* 0.275*** 2.678 0.063 0.088 3.249
(0.109) (0.102) (0.085) (0.085)



Work balance N = 1467 N = 1341
0/1: Works<10.5 h/day (including time spent on childcare as a secondary activity) −0.046 −0.024 0.374 −0.002 0.010 0.690
(0.027) (0.030) (0.019) (0.028)
Number of hours worked = time spent on primary activity plus ½ time spent in childcare as secondary activity 0.288 0.070 10.99 0.095 −0.039 8.921
(0.185) (0.165) (0.192) (0.191)



Mobility N = 1467 N = 1342
0/1: Adequate in mobility domain −0.01 −0.008 0.968 −0.006 −0.005* 1.000
(0.013) (0.011) (0.003) (0.003)
Number of places visited daily/weekly/biweekly/monthly or when required 0.305*** 0.299*** 3.793 0.024 0.012 4.165
(0.069) (0.062) (0.037) (0.055)



Collective agency
Group membership N = 1467 N = 1342
0/1 Active member of at least one group 0.396*** 0.411*** 0.024 0.024 0.028 0.074
(0.039) 0.02 (0.018) (0.02)
No of groups where respondent is an active member 0.413*** 0.432*** 0.027 0.034 0.042* 0.08
(0.04) (0.022) (0.021) (0.022)



Membership in influential groups N = 1467 N = 1342
0/1: Active member of influential group 0.143*** 0.160*** 0.012 0.016 0.022 0.032
(0.019) (0.015) (0.012) (0.014)
No. of influential groups respondent is a member of 0.151*** 0.170*** 0.013 0.017 0.025 0.036
(0.02) (0.017) (0.014) (0.015)

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