Table 5 Probit and ordinary least squares models predicting determinants of marital-age preferences and attitudes approving child marriage among unmarried females aged 15–24, 2012 Indonesian Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey
From: An empirical exploration of female child marriage determinants in Indonesia
Martial-age preferences (years) | Attitudes approving child marriage (< 18 years) | |
|---|---|---|
Age splines (years, base = age 15) | (A) | (B) |
Age 16 (years) | 0.17 | −0.01 |
(0.11) | (0.01) | |
Age 17 (years) | 0.30 | 0.00 |
(0.11)*** | (0.01) | |
Age 18 (years) | 0.22 | 0.01 |
(0.12)* | (0.01) | |
Age 19 (years) | 0.44 | −0.01 |
(0.12)*** | (0.01) | |
Age 20 (years) | 0.67 | 0.00 |
(0.12)*** | (0.01) | |
Age > 21 (years) | 0.97 | 0.01 |
Education (base = some or complete secondary) | (0.10)*** | (0.01) |
No education | −0.27 | 0.02 |
(0.44) | (0.03) | |
Some or complete elementary education | −0.79 | 0.03 |
(0.10)*** | (0.01)*** | |
> secondary education | 0.43 | −0.03 |
(0.07)*** | (0.01)*** | |
Wealth quintile 2 (base = quintile 1) | −0.04 | −0.01 |
(0.09) | (0.01)** | |
Wealth quintile 3 | 0.04 | −0.02 |
(0.09) | (0.01)*** | |
Wealth quintile 4 | 0.14 | −0.03 |
(0.10) | (0.01)*** | |
Wealth quintile 5 | 0.19 | −0.04 |
(0.10)** | (0.01)*** | |
Listens to radio at least once a week | 0.01 | 0.00 |
(0.06) | (0.01) | |
Reads newspaper or magazine at least once a week | 0.11 | 0.01 |
(0.06)* | (0.01) | |
Watches TV at least once a week | −0.04 | −0.00 |
(0.08) | (0.01) | |
Rural (base = urban) | −0.21 | 0.02 |
(0.06)*** | (0.01)*** | |
Adjusted for provincial fixed effects | Yes | Yes |
χ2-stat provincial fixed effects (p-value) | 7.45 (0.000) | 117.50 (0.000) |
χ2-stat education indicators (p-value) | 56.22 (0.000) | 88.70 (0.000) |
χ2-stat media exposure indicators (p-value) | 1.02 (0.384) | 2.41 (0.492) |
Sample size | 8779 | 8779 |
R2 / Pseudo-R2 | 0.11 | 0.12 |