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<table><thead><tr><th rowspan="2">Characteristic</th><th rowspan="2">Modality</th><th colspan="2">1994</th><th colspan="2">2015</th></tr><tr><th>Beta</th><th>p-value</th><th>Beta</th><th>p-value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3">Marital status</td><td>Middle</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>0.24</td><td>&lt;0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Rich</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>0.14</td><td>&lt;0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Monogamous</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td><td>—</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="5">Religion – education interaction</td><td>Polygamous</td><td>-0.01</td><td>0.7</td><td>0.12</td><td>&lt;0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Not in union</td><td>-0.39</td><td>&lt;0.001</td><td>-0.41</td><td>&lt;0.001</td></tr><tr><td>Primary * Traditional</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.4</td><td>-0.3</td><td>0.017</td></tr><tr><td>Secondary * Traditional</td><td>0.11</td><td>0.03</td><td>-0.33</td><td>0.019</td></tr><tr><td>Higher * Traditional</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.9</td><td>-0.11</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"></td><td>Primary * No religion</td><td>NM</td><td>NM</td><td>0.03</td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td>Secondary * No religion</td><td>NM</td><td>NM</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>Higher * No religion</td><td>NM</td><td>NM</td><td>-0.26</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td>P-value (Type III)</td><td></td><td>0.14</td><td></td><td>0.14</td></tr></tbody></table>

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