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Table 11 Selected LPM regression coefficients: dependent variable: has some secondary education

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

− 0.103***

0.082***

− 0.086***

0.001

− 0.009*

− 0.035

1770

M

− 0.182***

0.139***

− 0.195***

− 0.004

− 0.007

− 0.085

710

2010

W

− 0.156***

0.038***

0.002

0.008***

− 0.036***

− 0.058**

4127

M

− 0.107**

0.131***

0.069*

− 0.003

− 0.009

− 0.031

1741

Ethiopia

2000

W

− 0.015

0.154***

0.008

0.005*

− 0.028***

− 0.028

4394

M

− 0.223***

0.170***

− 0.220**

0.009*

− 0.017

0.001

667

2011

W

− 0.077***

0.088***

− 0.005

0.002

− 0.039***

− 0.020

4841

M

− 0.139*

0.170***

− 0.115

− 0.004

− 0.015*

0.010

3557

Ghana

1993

W

− 0.142***

0.069***

− 0.058**

− 0.006

− 0.014

0.026

1017

M

− 0.205***

0.119***

− 0.188*

0.020**

− 0.018

− 0.036

270

2014

W

− 0.204***

0.063***

0.135***

−  0.002

− 0.057***

0.023

2071

M

0.053

0.164***

0.273***

− 0.002

− 0.009

0.034

1054

Kenya

1993

W

− 0.189***

0.082***

− 0.006

0.006

− 0.037***

− 0.027

2208

M

− 0.106

0.050

0.198

0.033**

−  0.025

− 0.041

126

2014

W

− 0.265***

0.098***

0.060**

0.010***

− 0.091***

0.008

7303

M

− 0.399***

0.192***

− 0.441**

− 0.009*

− 0.016

− 0.002

3291

Tanzania

1996

W

− 0.035***

0.061***

0.020

0.003

− 0.019***

− 0.034**

2120

M

− 0.133***

0.092***

− 0.128***

0.002

− 0.013

− 0.020

590

2010

W

− 0.299***

0.099***

− 0.084***

0.010***

− 0.048***

− 0.057**

2657

M

− 0.356***

0.191***

− 0.192***

0.006

− 0.064***

− 0.054

781

Uganda

1995

W

− 0.138***

0.080***

0.014

0.010***

− 0.029***

− 0.019

2015

M

− 0.141*

0.129***

0.060

0.011*

− 0.013

− 0.074

459

2011

W

− 0.186***

0.097***

0.049

0.009*

− 0.050***

− 0.071***

2416

M

− 0.085

0.130***

0.080

0.013

− 0.046*

− 0.012

643

  1. 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 at least started secondary education and zero if not. 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