Table 8.
Estimates of Measures of Childhood Health on Health Behaviors (Robust standard errors in parenthesis below estimated coefficients)
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (1) | (2) | (3) | |
| Ever smoked | ||||||
| “Excellent” or “V good” child health | 0.028 (0.036) | 0.019 (0.036) | 0.014 (0.035) | 0.002 (0.012) | 0.002 (0.012) | 0.003 (0.012) |
| height (cm) | 0.003 (0.002) | 0.004* (0.002) | 0.004* (0.002) | -0.000 (0.001) | -0.000 (0.001) | -0.000 (0.001) |
| Drinking | ||||||
| “Excellent” or “V good” child health | 0.063 (0.039) | 0.045 (0.038) | 0.049 (0.039) | -0.004 (0.024) | -0.008 (0.023) | 0.019 (0.022) |
| height (cm) | 0.002 (0.003) | 0.003 (0.003) | 0.003 (0.003) | -0.000 (0.002) | -0.000 (0.002) | -0.001 (0.002) |
| Hours of vigorous exercise | ||||||
| “Excellent” or “V good” child health | -0.433* (0.236) | -0.358 (0.231) | -0.372 (0.225) | -0.117 (0.181) | -0.004 (0.176) | -0.115 (0.175) |
| height (cm) | -0.035** (0.014) | -0.030** (0.015) | -0.021 (0.016) | -0.014 (0.016) | 0.001 (0.015) | 0.011 (0.014) |
| Hours of moderate exercise | ||||||
| “Excellent” or “V good” child health | -0.387** (0.165) | -0.343** (0.169) | -0.395** (0.183) | 0.434** (0.176) | 0.495*** (0.172) | 0.425** (0.173) |
| height (cm) | -0.028** (0.014) | -0.027* (0.014) | -0.016 (0.015) | -0.008 (0.018) | -0.002 (0.018) | -0.005 (0.018) |
| Hours of moderate exercise—Gansu | ||||||
| “Excellent” or “V good” child health | -0.045 (0.224) | -0.041 (0.230) | -0.192 (0.272) | 0.413 (0.296) | 0.443 (0.296) | 0.287 (0.306) |
| height (cm) | -0.032 (0.022) | -0.027 (0.023) | 0.001 (0.021) | -0.019 (0.029) | -0.011 (0.029) | 0.026 (0.028) |
| Hours of moderate exercise—Zhejiang | ||||||
| “Excellent” or “V good” child health | -0.635** (0.244) | -0.658*** (0.245) | -0.608** (0.250) | 0.501** (0.205) | 0.520** (0.202) | 0.543*** (0.195) |
| height (cm) | -0.031* (0.018) | -0.027 (0.018) | -0.032 (0.020) | 0.001 (0.023) | 0.005 (0.022) | -0.028 (0.020) |
Model (1) has controls for age group dummies only. Model (2) adds controls for urban-rural residence and province residence. Model (3) adds dummy variables for all communities.
***
Is statistically significant at one percent level
**
is statistically significant at five percent level
*
is statistically significant at ten percent level.