Table 6 Effect of the gender of the decision maker in a household on expenditure choices
Type of Expenditure | Food | Asset | Education | Health | Transport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | |
Age of head (years) | 0.221 | (0.264) | − 0.512* | (0.299) | 1.001*** | (0.352) | − 0.454 | (0.309) | 0.331 | (0.311) |
Age of head squared | − 0.085 | (0.129) | 0.183 | (0.146) | − 0.488*** | (0.173) | 0.176 | (0.150) | − 0.178 | (0.150) |
Adult equivalents | 0.075** | (0.036) | − 0.029 | (0.044) | 0.294*** | (0.052) | 0.129*** | (0.046) | 0.019 | (0.050) |
Man headed household | − 0.044 | (0.046) | 0.123** | (0.058) | 0.043 | (0.055) | − 0.008 | (0.055) | 0.053 | (0.057) |
Maximum year of schooling | 0.166*** | (0.039) | 0.069 | (0.052) | 0.077 | (0.049) | 0.164*** | (0.049) | 0.184*** | (0.050) |
Men adults only (0/1) | − 0.008 | (0.007) | − 0.008* | (0.004) | − 0.006 | (0.006) | 0.007 | (0.007) | − 0.002 | (0.007) |
Women adults only (0/1) | –0.002 | (0.007) | − 0.009* | (0.005) | − 0.002 | (0.007) | 0.016** | (0.008) | 0.011 | (0.008) |
Man head control crop income (0/1) | 0.027 | (0.025) | 0.080** | (0.032) | 0.017 | (0.031) | 0.021 | (0.031) | 0.038 | (0.031) |
Woman head control crop income (0/1) | − 0.020 | (0.013) | 0.026*** | (0.010) | − 0.004 | (0.010) | − 0.025** | (0.011) | 0.021* | (0.011) |
Land (ha) | − 0.006 | (0.014) | 0.002 | (0.014) | 0.045*** | (0.011) | − 0.007 | (0.014) | 0.013 | (0.013) |
Log value of assets (MK) | 0.046 | (0.046) | 0.267*** | (0.051) | 0.054 | (0.051) | 0.068 | (0.053) | 0.233*** | (0.050) |
Total Livestock Units | − 0.046*** | (0.009) | 0.001 | (0.011) | − 0.014 | (0.010) | 0.011 | (0.009) | − 0.031*** | (0.012) |
Number of crops cultivated | − 0.100** | (0.039) | − 0.015 | (0.038) | − 0.028 | (0.038) | 0.031 | (0.042) | 0.029 | (0.039) |
Crop commercialization index | 0.024 | (0.027) | 0.035 | (0.033) | 0.041 | (0.033) | 0.002 | (0.035) | 0.023 | (0.034) |
Mchinji district | − 0.051*** | (0.020) | 0.015 | (0.019) | 0.005 | (0.019) | − 0.080*** | (0.021) | − 0.074*** | (0.019) |