Table 7.
Effect of SHG membership on the A-WEAI domains and component indicators.
|
Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS | NNM | Control group mean | OLS | NNM | Control group mean | |
| Production domain | N = 1467 | N = 1342 | ||||
| 0/1: Input in decisions in at least 2 domains | 0.049** | 0.034* | 0.833 | 0.007 | 0.003 | 0.918 |
| (0.021) | (0.020) | (0.020) | (0.015) | |||
| # 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) | |||
| Resources domain | N = 1467 | N = 1342 | ||||
| Assets | ||||||
| 0/1: Solely/jointly owns at least two small assets or one large asset (including land) | 0.005 | 0.011** | 0.992 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.999 |
| (0.005) | (0.004) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |||
| Total assets that are solely/ jointly owned by respondent | 0.168 | 0.224* | 6.207 | 0.105 | 0.095 | 6.674 |
| (0.11) | (0.121) | (0.096) | (0.109) | |||
| Credit | ||||||
| 0/1: Adequate in the credit domain | 0.079** | 0.089*** | 0.605 | 0.068*** | 0.049** | 0.734 |
| (0.03) | (0.029) | (0.024) | (0.024) | |||
| # 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) | |||
| Income domain | N = 1467 | N = 1342 | ||||
| 0/1: Input in income decisions in at least one domaina | 0.004 | 0.001 | 0.995 | 1.000 | ||
| (0.002) | (0.001) | |||||
| No. of domains individual has input in/feels can make decisions | 0.243** | 0.242** | 5.220 | −0.003 | 0.040 | 6.055 |
| (0.105) | (0.096) | (0.08) | (0.082) | |||
| Leadership domain | 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) | |||
| Time domain | N = 1467 | N = 1341 | ||||
| 0/1: Works<10.5 h per day (not including time spent on childcare as a secondary activity) | −0.080** | −0.053* | 0.450 | 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.722 |
| (0.031) | (0.03) | (0.017) | (0.028) | |||
| Total hours worked (not including time spent on childcare as a secondary activity) | 0.353* | 0.192 | 10.40 | 0.034 | −0.0496 | 8.617 |
| (0.19) | (0.16) | (0.151) | (0.177) | |||
Notes: Standard errors in parenthesis. *, **, *** represent significance at 10, 5 and 1 percent, respectively. a. All men in the sample have some input in income decisions so we were unable to estimate an impact of their partners’ SHG membership on the income indicator.