Determinants of Women’s Participation in Agricultural Decision-making According to Women and Men: Parcel-Level Tobit Model with Random Effects, Ecuador 2010 (Paired Sample)
| Women’s Model Coef. (Std. Err.) | Men’s Model Coef. (Std. Err.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Wife is joint land ownera | −0.892*** (0.25) | 0.321 (0.21) |
| Predicted wife’s share of wealth | −3.039 (2.71) | 4.514*** (1.04) |
| Predicted that wife does field work | 1.137** (0.57) | 0.524* (0.31) |
| Predicted that wife works off−farm | −1.322** (0.56) | 1.337*** (0.34) |
| Wife’s age | −0.023** (0.01) | −0.003 (0.01) |
| Age differenceb | −0.011 (0.02) | 0.022* (0.01) |
| Wife’s years of schooling | −0.034 (0.03) | −0.068*** (0.02) |
| Schooling differenceb | 0.006 (0.03) | −0.019 (0.01) |
| Couple is indigenous | 0.240 (0.33) | 0.644*** (0.20) |
| Annual cropc | −0.126 (0.20) | 0.350*** (0.09) |
| Couple wealth | ||
| Tertile 1 (lowest third) | −0.150 (0.22) | −0.054 (0.13) |
| Tertile 2 (middle third) | −0.023 (0.17) | −0.096 (0.16) |
| Number of adults (besides principal couple) in the household | 0.027 (0.07) | 0.010 (0.03) |
| Rural | −0.201 (0.31) | −0.145 (0.13) |
| Constant | 4.857*** (1.50) | −2.021*** (0.62) |
| Number of plots | 182 | 182 |
| Number of households | 145 | 145 |
| Wald chi−squared (df) | 81.99 (14) | 113.51 (14) |
| Log−likelihood | −121.47*** | −125.71*** |
Source: Data from EAFF 2010.
↵a Base category: wife is the individual owner (according to women) or wife is not an owner (according to men).
↵b The difference between men’s and women’s age and years of schooling (husband – wife).
↵c Base category: perennials, forage, or trees grown on parcel.
↵* p<0.10;
↵** p<0.05; and
↵*** p<0.01.