**Table 6A. Multinomial Logit - Large Purchases**

||**Wife says**|**she is the**<br>**and hus**|**main decisi**<br>**band says**|**on-maker**|**Wife sa**|**ys decision**<br>**husba**|**-making is**<br>**nd says**|**joint and**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Jo**|**int**|**Him**|**self**|**W**|**ife**|**Hi**|**mself**|
||**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|**Coeff**|**Relative**<br>**Ratio**|
||[|1]|[|2]|[|3]||[4]|
|**_Women's Status & Empowerment Proxies_**|||||||||
|Difference in ears of schoolin: husband-w|-0.002|0.998|-0.004|0.996|-0.009|0.991|-0.006|0.994|
|y g|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.00]|[0.00]|
||0.299*|1.349*|0.464***|1.591***|-0.018|0.982|0.181***|1.199***|
|Wife not working|[0.15]|[0.21]|[0.16]|[0.26]|[0.07]|[0.07]|[0.05]|[0.06]|
||0.089|1.093|0.293*|1.340*|-0.02|0.98|0.107**|1.113**|
|Wife works off farm|[0.14]|[0.16]|[0.15]|[0.20]|[0.07]|[0.07]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
|Wif h th h hbd|0.25|1.285|0.027|1.028|0.122|1.129|-0.049|0.952|
|e says se earns more an er usan|[0.15]|[0.20]|[0.17]|[0.18]|[0.11]|[0.13]|[0.08]|[0.08]|
|if h ld|-0.062|0.939|-0.176|0.839|0.179*|1.196*|-0.013|0.987|
|We says se owns an|[0.16]|[0.15]|[0.18]|[0.15]|[0.10]|[0.12]|[0.07]|[0.07]|
|Woman condones a husband beatin his wif|-0.265**<br>|0.767**|-0.221**|0.801**|0.105*|1.111*|0.179***|1.196***|
|g|[0.10]<br>|[0.08]|[0.11]|[0.09]|[0.05]|[0.06]|[0.04]|[0.04]|
|Wif i d 1519|0.022|1.023|0.492|1.635|-0.041|0.959|0.428***|1.534***|
|e s age -|[0.28]|[0.29]|[0.30]|[0.49]|[0.14]|[0.14]|[0.09]|[0.14]|
|Wif i d 2034|-0.024|0.976|0.313**|1.368**|-0.058|0.944|0.172***|1.187***|
|e s age -|[0.14]|[0.13]|[0.14]|[0.20]|[0.07]|[0.07]|[0.05]|[0.06]|
|A diff hbdif|-0.011|0.989|-0.012|0.988|-0.004|0.996|0.004|1.004|
|ge erence: usan-we|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.00]|[0.00]|
|Wif id bf 20|0.074|1.077|0.027|1.027|-0.098*|0.907*|-0.119***|0.887***|
|e was marre eore age|[0.12]|[0.12]|[0.12]|[0.12]|[0.06]|[0.05]|[0.04]|[0.03]|
||0|1|0.009|1.009|0.004|1.004|-0.005|0.995|
|Years of marriage|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.00]|[0.00]|[0.00]|[0.00]|
|Total number of children woman has|-0.052*|0.949*|-0.027|0.973|-0.012|0.988|0.018*|1.018*|
||[0.03]|[0.03]|[0.03]|[0.03]|[0.02]|[0.02]|[0.01]|[0.01]|
|Tl b f hild h did|0.104*|1.110*|0.096|1.1|-0.086**|0.918**|0.027|1.027|
|ota numer o cren wo e|[0.06]|[0.07]|[0.06]|[0.07]|[0.04]|[0.03]|[0.02]|[0.02]|
||0.011|1.011|0.428***|1.534***|0.140*|1.150*|0.414***|1.512***|
|Couple in a polygamous marriage|[0.13]|[0.13]|[0.13]|[0.20]|[0.08]|[0.09]|[0.05]|[0.08]|
|**_Household-level characteristics_**|||||||||
|Hbd k i ilt|0.187|1.206|0.11|1.117|0.099|1.104|-0.035|0.965|
|usan wors n agrcuure|[0.16]|[0.19]|[0.16]|[0.18]|[0.08]|[0.09]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
||0.365***|1.440***|0.357***|1.429***|-0.293***|0.746***|-0.018|0.983|
|Rural area|[0.12]|[0.18]|[0.13]|[0.19]|[0.06]|[0.05]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
|Log time [mins] to the nearest water source|-0.018|0.982|0.001|1.001|-0.004|0.996|0.010**|1.011**|
||[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.01]|[0.00]|[0.00]|
||-0.251|0.778|-0.565***|0.568***|-0.021|0.979|-0.107*|0.898*|
|Household has electricity|[0.16]|[0.12]|[0.16]|[0.09]|[0.08]|[0.08]|[0.06]|[0.05]|
||-0465***|0628***|-0109|0897|0126|1134|0009|101|
|Wealth quintile : bottom 20%|.<br>[0.17]|.<br>[0.11]|.<br>[0.18]|.<br>[0.16]|.<br>[0.09]|.<br>[0.10]|.<br>[0.06]|.<br>[0.06]|
||-0.118|0.888|-0.034|0.967|0.168**|1.183**|-0.051|0.95|
|Wealth quintile : next-to-bottom 20%|[0.16]|[0.14]|[0.17]|[0.17]|[0.08]|[0.10]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
||0.044|1.045|0.045|1.046|-0.08|0.923|-0.106**|0.899**|
|Wealth quintile : second highest 20%|[0.17]|[0.17]|[0.17]|[0.18]|[0.08]|[0.08]|[0.05]|[0.05]|
|Wlh iil 20%|0.01|1.01|0.034|1.035|0.047|1.048|-0.316***|0.729***|
|eat qunte : top|[0.19]|[0.19]|[0.20]|[0.21]|[0.09]|[0.10]|[0.07]|[0.05]|
|||||||||21235|
|Observations||4,|004|||21|,235||
|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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