|**Table 6B. Multinomial Logit - Husband's**|**Earnings**<br>**Wife says**<br>|**she is the**<br>**and hus**<br>|**main decisi**<br>**band says**<br>|**on-maker**<br>|**Wife sa**<br>|**ys decision**<br>**husba**<br>|**-making is**<br>**nd says**<br>|**joint and**<br>|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Jo**|<br>**int**|**Hi**|<br>**self**|**W**|<br>**ife**|**Hi**|<br>**mself**|
||**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|
||(|<br>1)|(|<br>2)|(|<br>3)||<br>(4)|
|**_Women's Status & Empowerment Proxies_**|||||||||
|Difference in years of schooling: husband-w|0.02|1.02|0.01|1.01|-0.020**|0.980**|0.005|1.005|
||[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.00]|[0.00]|
|Wif t ki|0.083|1.086|0.132|1.141|-0.195**|0.823**|0.227***|1.255***|
|e no worng|[0.23]|[0.25]|[0.24]|[0.27]|[0.09]|[0.08]|[0.05]|[0.06]|
||0.195|1.215|0.254|1.289|-0.196**|0.822**|0.169***|1.184***|
|Wife works off farm|[0.22]|[0.27]|[0.22]|[0.29]|[0.09]|[0.08]|[0.05]|[0.06]|
|Wife sas she earns more than her husband|-0.231|0.794|-0.426*|0.653*|0.299**|1.348**|-0.032|0.968|
|y|[0.20]|[0.16]|[0.22]|[0.15]|[0.14]|[0.19]|[0.09]|[0.08]|
||-0.153|0.858|-0.369*|0.691*|-0.067|0.935|-0.083|0.92|
|Wife says she owns land|[0.20]|[0.17]|[0.21]|[0.14]|[0.14]|[0.13]|[0.07]|[0.07]|
|Woman condones a husband beatin his wife|0.105|1.11|0.175|1.191|0.167**|1.182**|0.101***|1.106***|
|g|[0.14]|[0.16]|[0.15]|[0.18]|[0.07]|[0.08]|[0.04]|[0.04]|
|if i<sup>(b)</sup>|0.108|1.115|1.012***|2.751***|0.056|1.058|0.476***|1.609***|
|We s aged 15-19|[0.39]|[0.44]|[0.39]|[1.07]|[0.18]|[0.19]|[0.10]|[0.15]|
|Wif i d 2034<sup>(b)</sup>|0.102|1.107|0.330*|1.392*|-0.08|0.924|0.179***|1.196***|
|e s age -|[0.20]|[0.22]|[0.20]|[0.28]|[0.09]|[0.09]|[0.05]|[0.06]|
||0.009|1.009|0.028**|1.028**|0.003|1.003|0.006*|1.006*|
|Age difference: husband-wife|001|001|001|001|001|001|000|000|
||[.]|[.]|[.]|[.]|[.]|[.]|[.]|[.]|
|Wife was married before age 20|0.1|1.105|0.124|1.132|-0.133*|0.876*|-0.104**|0.901**|
||[0.16]|[0.18]|[0.17]|[0.19]|[0.08]|[0.07]|[0.04]|[0.04]|
|Years of marriae|-0.024**|0.976**|-0.025**|0.975**|0.003|1.003|-0.004|0.996|
|g|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.00]|[0.00]|
|Ttl b f hild h|0.054|1.056|0.133***|1.142***|-0.013|0.987|0.013|1.013|
|oa numer o cren woman as|[0.04]|[0.05]|[0.04]|[0.05]|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.01]|[0.01]|
|Total number of children who died|0|1|-0.095|0.909|-0.002|0.998|0.015|1.015|
||[0.08]<br>|[0.08]<br>|[0.08]<br>|[0.07]<br>|[0.04]<br>|[0.04]<br>|[0.02]<br>|[0.02]<br>|
||-0.111|0.895|0.363*|1.438*|0.123|1.131|0.561***|1.752***|
|Couple in a polygamous marriage|[0.19]|[0.17]|[0.19]|[0.27]|[0.10]|[0.12]|[0.06]|[0.10]|
|**_Household-level characteristics_**|||||||||
|Husband works in ariculture|-0.119|0.888|-0.186|0.83|-0.08|0.923|-0.076|0.927|
|g|[0.22]|[0.20]|[0.22]|[0.18]|[0.10]|[0.09]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
|Rural area|0.341*|1.407*|0.141|1.151|-0.245***|0.783***|-0.013|0.987|
||[0.18]|[0.26]|[0.18]|[0.21]|[0.09]|[0.07]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
||0.008|1.008|0.024|1.025|-0.007|0.993|0.013**|1.013**|
|Log time (mins) to the nearest water source|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|
||-0.088|0.915|0.082|1.086|-0.205*|0.814*|0.045|1.046|
|Household has electricity|[0.22]|[0.20]|[0.22]|[0.23]|[0.11]|[0.09]|[0.06]|[0.06]|
||-0.263|0.769|0.258|1.295|0.254**|1.290**|0.226***|1.254***|
|Wealth quintile : bottom 20%|[0.24]|[0.18]|[0.24]|[0.32]|[0.11]|[0.14]|[0.06]|[0.07]|
||-0.289|0.749|0.081|1.084|0.152|1.164|0.121**|1.129**|
|Wealth quintile : next-to-bottom 20%|[0.23]|[0.17]|[0.23]|[0.25]|[0.10]|[0.12]|[0.06]|[0.06]|
|Wealth uintile : second hihest 20%|-0.007|0.993|-0.011|0.989|0.041|1.042|0.029|1.029|
|q g|[0.23]|[0.23]|[0.23]|[0.23]|[0.10]|[0.11]|[0.06]|[0.06]|
||0.135|1.144|-0.064|0.938|-0.121|0.886|-0.207***|0.813***|
|Wealth quintile : top 20%|[0.28]|[0.32]|[0.28]|[0.27]|[0.13]|[0.11]|[0.07]|[0.06]|
|Observations||2,|985|||19|,710||
|Notes:|||||||||

(a) Robust t-statistics in brackets. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1 .

(b) Country fixed effects are included.

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