Table 7 Effect of the gender of the decision maker in a household on expenditure choices
Type of Expenditure | Farm Inputs | Energy | Communication | Clothes | Remittances | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | dy/dx | SE | |
Age of head (years) | − 0.657** | (0.287) | 0.151 | (0.315) | − 0.356 | (0.268) | 0.181 | (0.323) | 0.158 | (0.174) |
Age of head squared | 0.321** | (0.137) | − 0.098 | (0.151) | 0.060 | (0.129) | − 0.119 | (0.156) | − 0.047 | (0.085) |
Adult equivalents | 0.007 | (0.048) | 0.027 | (0.049) | 0.111** | (0.045) | − 0.038 | (0.047) | − 0.055** | (0.023) |
Man headed household | 0.038 | (0.050) | 0.160** | (0.065) | − 0.084 | (0.054) | 0.248*** | (0.062) | − 0.045 | (0.037) |
Maximum year of schooling | 0.034 | (0.047) | 0.110** | (0.054) | 0.082* | (0.047) | − 0.011 | (0.052) | 0.056 | (0.037) |
Men adults only (0/1) | 0.000 | (0.006) | − 0.021*** | (0.004) | − 0.011** | (0.005) | − 0.022*** | (0.004) | − 0.005** | (0.002) |
Women adults only (0/1) | − 0.013* | (0.007) | − 0.015** | (0.006) | − 0.012** | (0.005) | 0.000 | (0.008) | − 0.006*** | (0.001) |
Man head control crop income (0/1) | − 0.016 | (0.030) | -0.024 | (0.033) | 0.078*** | (0.029) | 0.095*** | (0.031) | 0.006 | (0.020) |
Woman head control crop income (0/1) | 0.006 | (0.011) | 0.013 | (0.012) | 0.012 | (0.009) | 0.010 | (0.011) | − 0.001 | (0.005) |
Land (ha) | 0.021 | (0.016) | 0.019 | (0.016) | 0.020 | (0.014) | − 0.003 | (0.014) | 0.006 | (0.009) |
Log value of assets (MK) | 0.258*** | (0.048) | 0.013 | (0.055) | 0.470*** | (0.044) | 0.142*** | (0.051) | 0.153*** | (0.042) |
Total Livestock Units | 0.006 | (0.009) | − 0.009 | (0.012) | − 0.015 | (0.010) | − 0.021** | (0.010) | − 0.016*** | (0.006) |
Number of crops cultivated | 0.196*** | (0.038) | 0.030 | (0.043) | − 0.059 | (0.038) | 0.074* | (0.041) | 0.052 | (0.033) |
Crop commercialization index | 0.020 | (0.032) | − 0.006 | (0.035) | 0.075*** | (0.029) | 0.016 | (0.034) | − 0.034* | (0.018) |
Mchinji district | − 0.038** | (0.018) | 0.053*** | (0.020) | − 0.053*** | (0.017) | − 0.009 | (0.019) | − 0.010 | (0.010) |