Table 3.
Infant Mortality and the Effect of Completed Sibship (Gross): OLS Regressions
| OLS | OLS | OLS | OLS | OLS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Completed Sibship (Gross) | 0.009*** | 0.012*** | 0.010*** | 0.011*** | 0.011*** |
| (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.001) | |
| Male | 0.031*** | 0.033*** | 0.033*** | 0.034*** | 0.034*** |
| (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.005) | (0.006) | |
| Year/100 | 0.142 | 0.167 | 0.640** | 0.535* | 0.622* |
| (0.191) | (0.260) | (0.267) | (0.274) | (0.340) | |
| (Year/100)2/100 | −2.306 | −2.725 | −15.711** | −12.985* | −15.425 |
| (5.311) | (7.183) | (7.390) | (7.586) | (9.407) | |
| Mother’s Age at Birth/100 | 0.406*** | 0.327*** | 0.330*** | 0.385*** | |
| (0.055) | (0.055) | (0.058) | (0.071) | ||
| Father’s Age at Birth/100 | −0.015 | 0.061 | 0.056 | 0.059 | |
| (0.047) | (0.047) | (0.050) | (0.063) | ||
| Mother’s Age at Death/100 | −0.228*** | −0.211*** | −0.094*** | −0.085*** | |
| (0.018) | (0.018) | (0.023) | (0.029) | ||
| Father’s Age at Death/100 | −0.050** | −0.060*** | −0.059*** | −0.085*** | |
| (0.020) | (0.019) | (0.021) | (0.027) | ||
| Father’s Occupation | N | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Village Fixed Effects | N | N | Y | Y | Y |
| Mother Survived until the Age of 40 | N | N | N | Y | Y |
| Time Till First Birth >269 Days | N | N | N | N | Y |
| Observations | 47,665 | 34,171 | 34,171 | 30,442 | 18,878 |
p<0.01,
p<0.05,
p<0.1.
Clustered, at the family level, standard errors in parentheses.