Table 2 Descriptive statistics of...

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of variables

Variables	Descriptions	Mean	S.D
Marriage cost	Total cost of marriage	9.25	0.87
Ceremony cost	Costs paid for engagement and wedding ceremonies	7.15	0.95
Matrimonial home cost	Cost of matrimonial home- land/apartment price/const. and finish expenses	8.05	1.91
Brideprice	Brideprice Amount of dowry/mahr registered in marriage contract	8.26	1.04
Jewellery	Jewellery Amount of dowry/mahr registered in marriage contract: gold	7.18	0.74
Education*	Completed years of education	9.85	4.85
Father education level	Illiterate = 1	2.13 0.37 0.38 0.09 0.08 0.03 0.05	1.31 – – – – – –
	Read and Write = 2
	Basic Education = 3
	Secondary Education = 4
	Post-Secondary = 5
	University = 6
Mother education level	Illiterate = 1	1.65 0.61 0.24 0.07 0.05 0.02 0.01	1.04 – – – – – –
	Read and Write = 2
	Basic Education = 3
	Secondary Education = 4
	Post-Secondary = 5
	University = 6
Employment status	Employment status	0.27 0.73	– –
	Unemployed and out of labour force [base variable]
	Employed
No. sisters	No. sisters (living and dead)	3.99	2.36
No. brothers	No. brothers (living and dead)	3.91	2.38
Categories age at first marriage	15–19	0.06 0.36 0.39 0.15 0.04	0.24 0.48 0.49 0.38 0.19
	20–24
	25–29
	30–35
	36–50
Age	Individual age [16 to 97]	44.57	14.13
Urban	Type of residence: Rural [base variable] Urban	0.26 0.74	– –
Wealth	Poorest = 1	3.01 0.18 0.20 0.22 0.21 0.18	1.36 – – – – –
	Poorer = 2
	Middle = 3
	Richer = 4
	Richest = 5
Consanguinity	Was husband related to you by blood or marriage before marrying him? No [base variable] Yes	0.71 0.29	– –
Father's occupation	Unskilled (Does Not Require Education), such as: Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers Craft and Related Trades Workers Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers Elementary Occupations [base variable] Skilled (Requires Education), such as Managers Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerical Support Workers and Service and Sales Workers)	0.57 0.43	– –

Variables	Descriptions	Mean	S.D
Marriage cost	Total cost of marriage	9.25	0.87
Ceremony cost	Costs paid for engagement and wedding ceremonies	7.15	0.95
Matrimonial home cost	Cost of matrimonial home- land/apartment price/const. and finish expenses	8.05	1.91
Brideprice	Brideprice Amount of dowry/mahr registered in marriage contract	8.26	1.04
Jewellery	Jewellery Amount of dowry/mahr registered in marriage contract: gold	7.18	0.74
Education*	Completed years of education	9.85	4.85
Father education level	Illiterate = 1	2.130.370.380.090.080.030.05	1.31––––––
	Read and Write = 2
	Basic Education = 3
	Secondary Education = 4
	Post-Secondary = 5
	University = 6
Mother education level	Illiterate = 1	1.650.610.240.070.050.020.01	1.04––––––
	Read and Write = 2
	Basic Education = 3
	Secondary Education = 4
	Post-Secondary = 5
	University = 6
Employment status	Employment status	0.270.73	––
	Unemployed and out of labour force [base variable]
	Employed
No. sisters	No. sisters (living and dead)	3.99	2.36
No. brothers	No. brothers (living and dead)	3.91	2.38
Categories age at first marriage	15–19	0.060.360.390.150.04	0.240.480.490.380.19
	20–24
	25–29
	30–35
	36–50
Age	Individual age [16 to 97]	44.57	14.13
Urban	Type of residence: Rural [base variable]Urban	0.260.74	––
Wealth	Poorest = 1	3.010.180.200.220.210.18	1.36–––––
	Poorer = 2
	Middle = 3
	Richer = 4
	Richest = 5
Consanguinity	Was husband related to you by blood or marriage before marrying him? No [base variable]Yes	0.710.29	––
Father's occupation	Unskilled (Does Not Require Education), such as: Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers Craft and Related Trades Workers Plant and Machine Operators, and Assemblers Elementary Occupations [base variable]Skilled (Requires Education), such as Managers Professionals Technicians and Associate Professionals Clerical Support Workers and Service and Sales Workers)	0.570.43	––

Note(s): Calculated from JLMPS data. The total number of observations is 10,222 comprising 4,252 from the 2010 wave and 5,967 from the 2016. *The main explanatory variable **Robustness checks in OLS

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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