From: Childhood mortality, intra-household bargaining power and fertility preferences among women in Ghana
Child mortality risk | Child mortality (Dummy) | Child mortality rate | ||||
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Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |
CM (Risk, Dummy, rate) | 1.236*** | 1.231*** | 0.539*** | 0.547*** | 1.732*** | 1.802*** |
(0.201) | (0.201) | (0.065) | (0.066) | (0.220) | (0.219) | |
WBP (Index) | −0.073*** | − 0.029 | − 0.084*** | − 0.068*** | − 0.086*** | − 0.073*** |
(0.018) | (0.037) | (0.018) | (0.021) | (0.018) | (0.020) | |
Index*CM | – | −0.176 | – | − 0.074* | – | − 0.235 |
– | (0.127) | – | (0.040) | – | (0.146) | |
Urban location | 0.055 | 0.053 | −0.018 | − 0.022 | − 0.016 | −0.019 |
(0.066) | (0.066) | (0.068) | (0.068) | (0.068) | (0.068) | |
Age | −0.027*** | − 0.027*** | − 0.029*** | − 0.030*** | − 0.030*** | −0.030*** |
(0.006) | (0.006) | (0.006) | (0.006) | (0.006) | (0.006) | |
Woman’s education | ||||||
Primary | −0.157** | −0.154** | − 0.150* | − 0.150* | − 0.152* | − 0.154* |
(0.077) | (0.077) | (0.079) | (0.080) | (0.079) | (0.080) | |
Secondary | −0.331*** | − 0.329*** | − 0.328*** | − 0.328*** | − 0.325*** | − 0.324*** |
(0.073) | (0.073) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.075) | (0.076) | |
Higher | −0.746*** | −0.749*** | − 0.733*** | − 0.731*** | − 0.730*** | − 0.726*** |
(0.150) | (0.150) | (0.157) | (0.158) | (0.158) | (0.158) | |
Husband’s education | ||||||
Primary | − 0.165* | − 0.160* | − 0.204** | − 0.201** | − 0.212** | − 0.210** |
(0.088) | (0.088) | (0.090) | (0.090) | (0.090) | (0.090) | |
Secondary | −0.441*** | − 0.437*** | − 0.432*** | − 0.429*** | − 0.446*** | − 0.444*** |
(0.076) | (0.076) | (0.078) | (0.078) | (0.078) | (0.078) | |
Higher | −0.470*** | − 0.468*** | − 0.444*** | − 0.445*** | − 0.467*** | −0.468*** |
(0.109) | (0.109) | (0.113) | (0.113) | (0.114) | (0.114) | |
Household Wealth status | ||||||
Poor | −0.129* | −0.124 | −0.197** | − 0.191** | − 0.195** | − 0.191** |
(0.076) | (0.076) | (0.077) | (0.078) | (0.077) | (0.077) | |
Middle | −0.115 | − 0.112 | − 0.210** | −0.205** | − 0.206** | −0.202** |
(0.086) | (0.086) | (0.088) | (0.088) | (0.088) | (0.089) | |
Rich | −0.337*** | −0.331*** | − 0.446*** | −0.443*** | − 0.446*** | −0.444*** |
(0.102) | (0.103) | (0.105) | (0.105) | (0.105) | (0.105) | |
Richest | −0.345*** | −0.341*** | − 0.434*** | −0.427*** | − 0.441*** | −0.437*** |
(0.116) | (0.116) | (0.119) | (0.119) | (0.120) | (0.120) | |
Husband’s preference | −0.088 | −0.094* | − 0.079 | −0.085 | − 0.077 | −0.082 |
(0.056) | (0.056) | (0.057) | (0.057) | (0.057) | (0.057) | |
Number of children | −0.211*** | −0.211*** | − 0.268*** | −0.270*** | − 0.248*** | −0.251*** |
(0.017) | (0.017) | (0.019) | (0.019) | (0.019) | (0.019) | |
NHIS coverage | 0.132** | 0.129** | 0.110** | 0.109** | 0.114** | 0.113** |
(0.054) | (0.054) | (0.056) | (0.056) | (0.056) | (0.056) | |
Husband’s age | −0.007* | −0.007* | −0.006 | −0.006 | − 0.006 | −0.006 |
(0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | |
Self employed | 0.137** | 0.139** | 0.127* | 0.131** | 0.121* | 0.125* |
(0.063) | (0.063) | (0.066) | (0.066) | (0.066) | (0.066) | |
Polygamous husband | 0.077 | 0.077 | 0.084 | 0.085 | 0.084 | 0.085 |
(0.069) | (0.069) | (0.071) | (0.071) | (0.071) | (0.071) | |
Constant | 2.054*** | 2.054*** | 2.624*** | 2.620*** | 2.609*** | 2.606*** |
(0.168) | (0.168) | (0.163) | (0.163) | (0.163) | (0.163) | |
Pseudo R2 | 0.187 | 0.187 | 0.199 | 0.199 | 0.204 | 0.205 |
N | 3255 | 3255 | 3072 | 3072 | 3072 | 3072 |