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Table 3

Impact of selected covariates on markers of gender performance

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No PurdahaFamily OutingaMen and Women Eat TogetheraPrimary Decision Makerb
VariableCoef.Z StatisticCoef.Z StatisticCoef.Z StatisticCoef.Z Statistic
Muslim –2.09 –23.01** –0.48 –8.45** 0.35 5.77** 0.00 0.03 
No Husband in the Household –0.38 –3.24** 0.04 0.37 0.48 3.09** 0.50 6.65** 
Not Married 0.82 4.18** –1.16 –6.50** –0.13 –0.63 1.42 13.64** 
Husband’s Education –0.02 –4.35** 0.03 5.31** 0.01 2.71** 0.00 –0.90 
Husband in Salaried Job 0.02 0.32 0.06 1.18 0.24 5.10** 0.01 0.57 
No. of Persons in the Household –0.08 –3.61** –0.06 –3.07** –0.10 –4.28** –0.05 –6.54** 
No. of Married Women in the Household 0.01 0.10 0.06 0.99 –0.36 –5.18** –0.15 –5.47** 
Place of Residence (omitted category: metropolitan city) 
 Other urban 0.01 0.10 –0.44 –5.59** –0.65 –8.00** 0.02 0.54 
 More-developed village –0.56 –6.03** –0.78 –8.89** –0.92 –10.12** –0.06 –1.50 
 Less-developed village –0.43 –4.62** –0.71 –7.93** –0.98 –10.60** –0.08 –2.20* 
Household Cultivates Land –0.07 –1.41 –0.08 –1.59 0.06 1.25 –0.12 –4.12** 
Log of Total Income 0.08 2.96** 0.19 7.54** 0.01 0.57 –0.02 –1.66 
Income Less Than 0 0.23 0.74 1.74 5.61** –0.13 –0.47 –0.07 –0.46 
Woman’s Age 0.02 5.86** –0.01 –5.19** 0.00 0.92 0.01 11.86** 
No. of Children Living With the Respondent 0.03 0.98 0.03 1.19 0.03 1.17 0.05 4.35** 
Woman’s Years of Education 0.05 9.07** 0.08 14.45** 0.03 4.76** 0.00 1.57 
Constant –0.31 –0.88 –0.77 –2.49* 2.04 6.57** 1.84 11.83** 
N 29,741  29,679  29,735  27,883  
Chi-Square (df = 37) 6,586  2,856  4,046    
R2       0.2705  
Predicted Probability of Gendered Behavior 
 Hindu .49  .55  .50  1.45  
 Muslim .11  .43  .59  1.45  
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No PurdahaFamily OutingaMen and Women Eat TogetheraPrimary Decision Makerb
VariableCoef.Z StatisticCoef.Z StatisticCoef.Z StatisticCoef.Z Statistic
Muslim –2.09 –23.01** –0.48 –8.45** 0.35 5.77** 0.00 0.03 
No Husband in the Household –0.38 –3.24** 0.04 0.37 0.48 3.09** 0.50 6.65** 
Not Married 0.82 4.18** –1.16 –6.50** –0.13 –0.63 1.42 13.64** 
Husband’s Education –0.02 –4.35** 0.03 5.31** 0.01 2.71** 0.00 –0.90 
Husband in Salaried Job 0.02 0.32 0.06 1.18 0.24 5.10** 0.01 0.57 
No. of Persons in the Household –0.08 –3.61** –0.06 –3.07** –0.10 –4.28** –0.05 –6.54** 
No. of Married Women in the Household 0.01 0.10 0.06 0.99 –0.36 –5.18** –0.15 –5.47** 
Place of Residence (omitted category: metropolitan city) 
 Other urban 0.01 0.10 –0.44 –5.59** –0.65 –8.00** 0.02 0.54 
 More-developed village –0.56 –6.03** –0.78 –8.89** –0.92 –10.12** –0.06 –1.50 
 Less-developed village –0.43 –4.62** –0.71 –7.93** –0.98 –10.60** –0.08 –2.20* 
Household Cultivates Land –0.07 –1.41 –0.08 –1.59 0.06 1.25 –0.12 –4.12** 
Log of Total Income 0.08 2.96** 0.19 7.54** 0.01 0.57 –0.02 –1.66 
Income Less Than 0 0.23 0.74 1.74 5.61** –0.13 –0.47 –0.07 –0.46 
Woman’s Age 0.02 5.86** –0.01 –5.19** 0.00 0.92 0.01 11.86** 
No. of Children Living With the Respondent 0.03 0.98 0.03 1.19 0.03 1.17 0.05 4.35** 
Woman’s Years of Education 0.05 9.07** 0.08 14.45** 0.03 4.76** 0.00 1.57 
Constant –0.31 –0.88 –0.77 –2.49* 2.04 6.57** 1.84 11.83** 
N 29,741  29,679  29,735  27,883  
Chi-Square (df = 37) 6,586  2,856  4,046    
R2       0.2705  
Predicted Probability of Gendered Behavior 
 Hindu .49  .55  .50  1.45  
 Muslim .11  .43  .59  1.45  

Notes: All models include dummy variables for state of residence (not presented in the table). Predicted probability of gendered behavior is from regressions holding all other variables at their mean values.

aCoefficients are from logistic regression.

bCoefficients are from linear regression.

*p < .05; **p < .01

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