Table 4.
Poisson Regressions Predicting Adolescent Desired Family Size in Nepal
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4e | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AME (SE) | AME (SE) | AME (SE) | AME (SE) | |
| Child educational aspirations (vs. low, less than a post-secondary degree) | ||||
| Medium (post-secondary degree) | 0.00 | 0.03a | 0.04 | |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | ||
| High (post-graduate or more) | −0.06* | −0.02a | −0.01 | |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | ||
| Effect of educational aspirations on desired family size for boys and girls in interacted models | ||||
| Boys: Post-secondary degree | - | - | - | 0.05 |
| (0.04) | ||||
| Girls: Post-secondary degree | - | - | - | 0.03 |
| (0.04) | ||||
| Boys: Post-graduate or more | - | - | - | 0.00 |
| (0.04) | ||||
| Girls: Post-graduate or more | - | - | - | −0.01 |
| (0.05) | ||||
| Girls (vs. Boys) | −0.11*** | −0.13***a | −0.15*** | |
| (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.03) | ||
| Age | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | |
| Number of siblings | 0.04** | 0.04** | 0.04** | |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||
| Primary caregiver education (vs. low, primary school or less) | ||||
| Medium (any lower-secondary school) | −0.04 | −0.03 | −0.03 | |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | ||
| High (upper-secondary school or more) | −0.06 | −0.06 | −0.05 | |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | ||
| Caste (vs. High-caste Hindu) | ||||
| Hill Tibetoburmese | −0.04 | −0.04 | −0.04 | |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | ||
| Lower-caste Hindu | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | ||
| Newar | 0.14* | 0.15* | 0.15* | |
| (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.06) | ||
| Terai Tibetoburmese | −0.01 | −0.02 | −0.02 | |
| (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | ||
| Other | 0.10 | 0.08 | 0.08 | |
| (0.15) | (0.15) | (0.15) | ||
| Household SES | −0.02** | −0.01* | −0.01* | |
| (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | ||
| Husbands should make decisions | 0.05** | 0.05** | ||
| (0.01) | (0.01) | |||
| Ideal age at marriage | −0.01** | −0.01** | ||
| (0.00) | (0.00) | |||
| Desired education of future partner (vs. low, less than a post-secondary degree) | ||||
| Medium (Post-secondary degree) | −0.02 | −0.02 | ||
| (0.03) | (0.03) | |||
| High (post-graduate or more) | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||
| (0.04) | (0.04) | |||
| Observations | 1,890 | 1,890 | 1,890 | 1,890 |
Note: Results derived from imputed data. Average marginal effects (AMEs) presented, with standard errors in parentheses.
***
p<.001,
**
p<.01,
*
p<.05.
a
Coefficients significantly differ between Model 1 and 2 (p<.05).
b
Coefficients significantly differ between Model 2 and 3 (p<.05).
c
Coefficients significantly differ between Model 3 and 4 (p<.05).
d
The effect of education is significantly different for boys and girls.
e
Model 4 allows for the gender difference to vary according to educational aspirations. This variation is not theoretically central, so we report the averaged effect across all groups.