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Table 4 Summary statistics for marriage outcomes among ever married or cohabiting females aged 20–24, 2012 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey

From: An empirical exploration of female child marriage determinants in Indonesia

  

(A) Married or cohabited < 18 years

(B) Married or cohabited ≥18 years

p-value (Difference A = B)

Outcomes

Sample size

Mean (proportion)

Standard error

Mean (proportion)

Standard error

Age at first marriage or cohabitation (years)

3888

15.82

(0.058)

19.86

(0.048)

0.000

Partner age differences > 5 years

3693

0.578

(0.025)

0.381

(0.015)

0.000

Partner has no or incomplete primary education (lowest category)

3888

0.160

(0.015)

0.063

(0.007)

0.000

Partner unemployed or not working (last 12 months)

3880

0.020

(0.021)

0.014

(0.014)

0.666

Female participation in household decisions (0–4)

3678

3.29

(0.051)

3.35

(0.030)

0.462

  1. Notes: Data comes from the 2012 Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey and are weighted by primary sampling unit for national representativeness; p-value from unadjusted probit or ordinary least squares regression. Sample for partner age differences reduced due to trimming of highest and lowest 1% of distributions and due to missing data. All indicators with the exception of age at first marriage and female participation in household decisions are binary variables and expressed as a proportion of the sample ranging from 0 to 1. Female participation in household decisions is an indicator ranging from 0 to 4 indicating her participation either solely or jointly in four decisions: (1) woman’s health care decisions, (2) large household purchases, (3) visits to family or relatives and (4) what to do with money husband earns