Table 8 Full results for the fertility gap: OLS estimations
From: Husband, sons and the fertility gap: evidence from India
| Dependent variable: fertility gap | NFHS 3 | NFHS 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Son preference | − 0.0604 | − 0.0658*** |
| (0.0425) | (0.0252) | |
| Proportion of daughters | − 0.0045*** | − 0.0049*** |
| (0.0009) | (0.0006) | |
| First child male | 0.2177*** | 0.2977*** |
| (0.0423) | (0.0274) | |
| Second child male | 0.2016*** | 0.2374*** |
| (0.0399) | (0.0261) | |
| Husband son Preference | − 0.1153*** | − 0.0334 |
| (0.0416) | (0.0248) | |
| Husband ideal number of children | 0.5286*** | 0.4664*** |
| (0.0235) | (0.0129) | |
| Difference in son preference | − 0.0128 | − 0.0684*** |
| (0.0397) | (0.0239) | |
| Difference in ideal no of children | − 0.7408*** | − 0.7138*** |
| (0.0192) | (0.0106) | |
| Never used contraception | − 0.1351*** | − 0.0817*** |
| (0.0449) | (0.0246) | |
| Woman: education (yrs) | 0.0403*** | 0.0282*** |
| (0.0047) | (0.0030) | |
| Woman: employed | 0.0105 | 0.0233 |
| (0.0335) | (0.0223) | |
| Woman: media exposure | 0.0023*** | 0.0028*** |
| (0.0006) | (0.0005) | |
| Woman: age (yrs) | − 0.0549*** | − 0.0307*** |
| (0.0099) | (0.0059) | |
| Woman: age at first birth (yrs) | 0.0735*** | 0.0449*** |
| (0.0072) | (0.0042) | |
| Woman: married (yrs) | 0.0085 | − 0.0011 |
| (0.0074) | (0.0041) | |
| Husband: age (yrs) | 0.0162*** | 0.0074** |
| (0.0054) | (0.0032) | |
| Husband: education (yrs) | 0.0030 | 0.0064*** |
| (0.0026) | (0.0019) | |
| Husband: employed | − 0.1034 | 0.0768 |
| (0.1028) | (0.0536) | |
| Social group | − 0.0660* | 0.0164 |
| (0.0393) | (0.0226) | |
| Hindu | 0.4242*** | 0.2588*** |
| (0.0424) | (0.0279) | |
| Household size | − 0.1914*** | − 0.1879*** |
| (0.0065) | (0.0046) | |
| Economic status | 0.2461*** | 0.3195*** |
| (0.0457) | (0.0269) | |
| Region: North | − 0.2574*** | − 0.0384 |
| (0.0555) | (0.0270) | |
| Region: South | 0.1394** | 0.2445*** |
| (0.0555) | (0.0333) | |
| Rural | 0.1496*** | 0.0666*** |
| (0.0371) | (0.0243) | |
| Observations | 5,303 | 10,506 |
| R squared | 0.4083 | 0.4381 |