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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Econ. 2009 Nov 1;90(2):209–230. doi: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2008.12.001

B.7.

Exclusive Breast-Feeding Equation

Coeff. S.E.
intercept −3.8953 22.2504
child age 1.9009 0.7065
child age squared −0.3291 0.0754
# children 0–6 0.0396 0.0483
density of community 0.0071 0.0035
# females in HH age 13+ −0.0630 0.0694
# male in HH age 13+ 0.0692 0.0617
mother height 0.4628 0.9317
mother highest grade −0.1671 0.0180
mother age −0.0518 0.0090
previous live baby 0.3424 0.1587
sex of child −0.3095 0.0914
urban −0.9695 0.1258
cereal price 0.0076 0.1595
lowest formula price 0.1377 0.0655
other HH members inc 0.0799 0.2220
extended family −0.0486 0.1070
spouse present 0.4287 0.1748
dry season at interview −0.0970 0.1201
wet season at interview −0.0984 0.1063
distance to City Hall −0.1094 0.1464
prevailing unskilled wage rate 0.2747 0.1361
prevailing female wage rate 0.2008 0.4299
travel time to nearest health facility 0.0075 0.0033
average waiting time in clinics 0.1320 0.0520
low birth weight 0.1216 0.1546
log(lagged weight) −0.0592 2.1120
log(lagged weight)2 0.3337 0.7892
log(lagged height) −4.3825 27.5899
log(lagged height)2 1.5546 8.3203
first followup interview 1.6172 0.6888
lagged working away 0.1680 0.2515
lagged preventive health care −0.1130 0.2409
lagged diarrhea −0.1766 0.3163
lagged FRI −0.1421 0.2331
loading on 1st order μ1 0.3075 1.6054
loading on 2nd order μ1 1.5179 3.5433
loading on 3rd order μ1 −1.0359 2.2520
loading on 1st order μ2 1.5960 1.9769
loading on 2nd order μ2 17.6457 3.9170
loading on 3rd order μ2 −17.4876 2.2798