TABLE A1

First-Stage Regressions for Predicting Women’s Off-farm Work, Women’s Field Work, and Women’s Share of Couple Wealth (Paired Sample)

Women’s Off-farm Work, Coef. (Std. Err.)Women’s Participation in Field Work as Reported by Women, Coef. (Std. Err.)Women’s Participation in Field Work as Reported by Men, Coef. (Std. Err.)Women’s Share of Couple Wealth, Coef. (Std. Err.)
Crop grown on parcel0.729 (0.61)0.718 (0.52)1.159** (0.54)−0.046 (0.03)
Wealth tertile 1−1.293** (0.621)0.038 (0.57)1.004 (0.63)0.004 (0.03)
Wealth tertile 20.193 (0.45)−0.223 (0.49)0.816 (0.53)−0.001 (0.03)
Woman’s age−0.065*** (0.02)−0.012 (0.02)−0.026 (0.02)0.001 (0.001)
Age difference−0.085** (0.04)0.122*** (0.05)0.047 (0.04)−0.0001 (0.002)
Woman’s years of schooling−0.010 (0.07)−0.052 (0.08)−0.036 (0.08)0.002 (0.004)
Schooling difference0.058 (0.06)0.060 (0.07)0.099 (0.08)−0.003 (0.004)
Number of adults besides principal couple0.120 (0.15)0.012 (0.17)0.222 (0.20)−0.012 (0.01)
Rural−1.069** (0.54)−0.118 (0.59)−1.401* (0.74)0.024 (0.03)
Indigenous couple−0.339 (0.55)2.234*** (0.86)0.862 (0.69)−0.038 (0.03)
Wife is joint land owner−0.951 (0.84)−0.230 (0.90)1.880*** (0.56)−0.074 (0.05)
Coast−0.079 (0.60)−1.356** (0.55)−1.779*** (0.59)−0.019 (0.03)
Ratio of women to men in household−1.406*** (0.48)0.971** (0.47)0.263 (0.43)−0.007 (0.02)
Ratio of dependents to working−age adults0.854 (0.66)−1.028 (0.70)−0.567 (0.64)−0.066* (0.02)
Difference in men’s and women’s parents’ literacy−0.042 (0.25)0.051 (0.26)0.159 (0.29)0.026* (0.01)
Difference in men’s and women’s parents’ assets0.319 (0.31)−0.417 (0.33)−0.249 (0.33)−0.011 (0.02)
Constant5.013** (2.03)0.488 (1.94)0.210 (1.92)0.544 (0.11)
Log−likelihood−91.469−84.235−81.29293.294
Pseudo-R20.17980.23280.2654−0.1074
  • Source: Data from EAFF 2010.

  • * p<0.10;

  • ** p<0.05;

  • *** p<0.01.