You clearly didn't read anything I cited. It supports exactly what I wrote, read more than the title and in two cases more than abstract. Unless you think children are marrying older man in these countries (Africa and Asia) because they are in love with them and it's just a coincidence that their economical situations improves (as shown in the papers I linked). And I only provided child marriages because intent is the most obvious one. But you can also look at Chinese where 55% males that have university education mary woman without it. Then look at almost fully patriarchal countries in Africa and Asia where men is providing food on the table. In 18 countries woman can't even get a job without men permission. When I was in SEA all of this was a common knowledge, especially in more rural areas.
In many cases they don't have agency because of economical reasons, in some of them because of other reasons (religion, culture). But most of it is because of no economical power, making it relevant. The biggest (by population number) example was China, where they have agency.
Given that most Chinese women do not have a college education, you would expect that men, if choosing randomly, would marry non college educated women. Your stat shows college educated Chinese men are marrying college educated women far more than at the random rate. That is, the opposite takeaway from what you’re concluding.
