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Published in final edited form as: J Marriage Fam. 2021 Dec 10;84(1):7–31. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12815

Table 5.

Summary of Results for All Countries

Hypothesis	Mexico	Mozambique	Nepal
H1: Educational aspirations and desired family size are negatively correlated.	Supported	Supported	Supported
H1a: This relationship persists when accounting for household and family characteristics.	Supported	Not supported	Not supported
H1b: This relationship is partially explained by individual beliefs and values.	Supported	Not supported	Not supported
H2: This relationship is stronger for girls than for boys.	Supported	Not supported: stronger for boys	Not supported; no difference
Other independent variables significantly associated with desired family size?	Household SES (−); Gender inegalitarian beliefs (+); Desired age at marriage (−)	Sibship size (+); Caregiver education (−); Household SES (−)	Sibship size (+); Household head caste; Household SES (−); Gender inegalitarian beliefs (+); Desired age at marriage (−)

Notes: + and - signs after listed variables denotes the direction of the association between the respective variable and desired family size.