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Table 2 Results of regression analyses regarding individual happiness

From: The gender gap in relation to happiness and preferences in married couples after childbirth: evidence from a field experiment in rural Ghana

 

Wife’s happiness

Husband’s happiness

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

Trust: absolute gap

0.71 (0.78)

   

−3.58 (0.04)**

   

Trust: wife > husband

−0.24 (0.66)

   

−0.58 (0.25)

   

Reciprocity: absolute gap

 

2.27 (0.27)

   

0.18 (0.89)

  

Reciprocity: wife > husband

 

0.29 (0.57)

   

0.75 (0.31)

  

Altruism: absolute gap

  

3.08 (0.40)

   

−3.33 (0.02)**

 

Altruism: wife > husband

  

0.18 (0.84)

   

−0.09 (0.85)

 

Risk lovingness: absolute gap

   

4.83 (0.08)*

   

−2.12 (0.40)

Risk lovingness: wife > husband

   

0.44 (0.58)

   

0.70 (0.15)

Age

−0.09 (0.04)**

−0.08 (0.10)*

−0.09 (0.02)**

−0.07 (0.23)

0.02 (0.33)

0.04 (0.12)

0.04 (0.15)

0.04 (0.08)*

Education: nonea

 Education: primary

−0.53 (0.29)

−0.44 (0.36)

−0.31 (0.65)

−0.63 (0.29)

1.56 (0.03)**

1.45 (0.02)**

1.52 (0.02)**

1.60 (0.01)**

 Education: secondary

−0.35 (0.71)

−0.21 (0.81)

−0.25 (0.78)

−0.30 (0.75)

1.06 (0.11)

0.79 (0.16)

0.90 (0.17)

0.75 (0.28)

 Education: higher

−0.44 (0.85)

−0.62 (0.84)

−0.17 (0.95)

−0.48 (0.86)

1.70 (0.09)*

1.67 (0.11)

1.67 (0.08)*

1.39 (0.19)

Religion: Catholica

 Religion: Muslim

−0.08 (0.93)

0.04 (0.96)

−0.16 (0.88)

0.08 (0.94)

0.23 (0.77)

−0.21 (0.78)

0.30 (0.65)

−0.18 (0.79)

 Religion: Charisma

1.89 (0.03)**

1.52 (0.11)

1.47 (0.17)

1.52 (0.06)*

0.95 (0.36)

0.74 (0.52)

1.04 (0.31)

0.74 (0.58)

 Religion: traditional African

−0.79 (0.32)

−0.82 (0.32)

−1.11 (0.13)

−1.02 (0.21)

0.53 (0.65)

0.18 (0.88)

0.65 (0.50)

0.27 (0.78)

 Religion: others

0.80 (0.31)

0.87 (0.24)

0.75 (0.29)

0.73 (0.38)

0.15 (0.86)

−0.23 (0.81)

0.12 (0.89)

0.06 (0.95)

 Married (years)

0.02 (0.66)

0.03 (0.44)

0.02 (0.71)

0.02 (0.71)

0.08 (0.06)*

0.07 (0.07)*

0.08 (0.08)*

0.07 (0.12)

 Number of children

0.02 (0.85)

−0.02 (0.81)

0.05 (0.68)

0.03 (0.67)

−0.32 (0.00)***

−0.39 (0.00)***

−0.37 (0.00)***

−0.37 (0.00)***

Asset: lowesta

 Asset: lower middle

−0.33 (0.54)

−0.59 (0.25)

−0.46 (0.38)

−0.07 (0.92)

−0.22 (0.76)

0.14 (0.84)

−0.09 (0.91)

0.01 (0.99)

 Asset: upper middle

1.44 (0.16)

1.11 (0.12)

1.24 (0.17)

1.48 (0.05)**

0.14 (0.79)

0.36 (0.52)

0.15 (0.78)

0.06 (0.92)

Asset: highest

0.00 (1.00)

0.10 (0.81)

0.03 (0.94)

0.23 (0.57)

0.91 (0.20)

1.14 (0.25)

0.80 (0.32)

0.94 (0.33)

  1. Estimated coefficients are adjusted proportional odds ratios (OR); p value in parenthesis
  2. *p < 0.1, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01
  3. aReference group