Life expectations in early adolescence and the timing of first sex and marriage: evidence from a longitudinal survey in Ethiopia

Table 3 Sample means for males and females by in-sample and lost to follow-up status, JLFSY 2005–2010

	Males		Females
	In- sample	Lost to follow-up	In- sample	Lost to follow-up
First sex	0.171		0.246
First marriage	0.008		0.113
Life expectations (age 13–17)
Career expectations	0.066	0.214*	0.122	− 0.043***
Expected age at marriage			25.9	26.0
Personal autonomy	0.036	0.206*	0.211	0.104*
Gender equality	− 0.036	− 0.077	0.383	0.311
School participation
Membership in youth clubs (age 13–17)	0.600	0.633	0.574	0.534
Family and community environment (age13–17)
Religiosity	− 0.131	− 0.242	0.108	0.176
Parents’ desired age of daughter’s marriage	27.5	26.8	25.0	24.6*
Parents’ highest year of schooling	4.277	4.889*	5.114	4.911
Household wealth	0.225	0.292	0.406	0.353
Female headed house	0.188	0.242	0.235	0.241
City	0.680	0.680	0.718	0.740
Town	0.084	0.078	0.081	0.075
Number of observations	870	162	651	349

Significance levels for difference of means/proportions test, sample weights applied
*P < 0.10, **P < 0.05, ***P < 0.01

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