Gender gaps in the path to adulthood for young females and males in six African countries from the 1990s to the 2010s

Mariara, Jane; McKay, Andy; Newell, Andy; Rienzo, Cinzia

doi:10.1186/s40176-018-0124-8

Table 10 Selected LPM regression coefficients: dependent variable: passes a literacy test

From: Gender gaps in the path to adulthood for young females and males in six African countries from the 1990s to the 2010s

Country	Year	Sex	Married	Wealth	Married × wealth	HH size	No. aged < 5	Male head	N
Burkina Faso	1998	W	− 0.121***	0.079***	− 0.100***	0.000	− 0.006	− 0.050	1769
	1998	M	− 0.219***	0.125***	− 0.189***	− 0.004	− 0.010	− 0.056	709
	2010	W	− 0.199***	0.016	0.029	0.008***	− 0.036***	− 0.061**	4081
	2010	M	− 0.145***	0.121***	0.060	− 0.000	− 0.011	− 0.036	1707
Ethiopia	2000	W	− 0.038	0.182***	0.046	0.010***	− 0.032***	− 0.053**	4346
	2000	M	0.471	0.188***	0.787	− 0.002	− 0.041	0.066	665
	2011	W	− 0.195***	0.105***	0.152***	0.004	− 0.050***	0.012	4579
	2011	M	− 0.112	0.138***	0.083	− 0.002	− 0.027*	0.019	3415
Ghana	1993	W	− 0.178***	0.058***	− 0.078**	0.005	− 0.053***	− 0.000	1017
	1993	M	− 0.152	0.137***	0.004	0.014	− 0.056*	0.031	270
	2014	W	− 0.345***	0.102***	− 0.003	− 0.004	− 0.061***	0.010	2067
	2014	M	0.128	0.149***	0.308***	− 0.007	0.001	0.012	1053
Kenya	1993	W	− 0.175***	0.041***	0.128***	0.008**	− 0.026**	− 0.017	2201
	1993	M	− 0.217	− 0.004	− 0.052	0.016	− 0.030	− 0.007	126
	2014	W	− 0.113***	0.031***	0.144***	0.008***	− 0.030***	− 0.005	7268
	2014	M	− 0.011	0.085***	0.146	− 0.005	− 0.006	0.027*	3283
Tanzania	1996	W	− 0.127***	0.052***	0.074**	0.010***	− 0.047***	− 0.006	2115
	1996	M	0.023	0.067***	0.125	0.010	− 0.023	0.091**	590
	2010	W	− 0.152***	0.059***	0.082***	0.005	− 0.024**	− 0.003	2642
	2010	M	− 0.064	0.115***	0.044	0.005	− 0.032	0.017	779
Uganda	1995	W	− 0.155***	0.065***	0.097***	0.005	− 0.018	− 0.026	2014
	1995	M	− 0.153	0.079**	− 0.055	0.010	0.006	− 0.044	457
	2011	W	− 0.140***	0.039*	0.125***	0.007	− 0.038***	− 0.059**	2390
	2011	M	− 0.043	0.148***	0.067	0.015*	− 0.047*	0.048	634

LPM denotes linear probability model. Sample: respondents aged 15–20 years in the DHS survey. The dependent variable takes the value 1 if the respondent passes the functional literacy test, zero otherwise. Estimation via the linear probability model. Controls include age and regional, urban and rural dummies. Married is an indicator for the marital status of the respondent. Wealth is a normalised index of household wealth (see text). Married × wealth is the interaction of the two variables. HH size is the number of people in the household. No. aged < 5 is the number of children aged under 5 years. ***, ** and * reflect conventional significance at 1, 5 and 10% levels

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