Table 4.

Two-level random-effects logistic regression estimates for low weight for age at age one

	Model 1			Model 2			Model 3
	Coef.	Std. Err.	P>z	Coef.	Std. Err.	P>z	Coef.	Std. Err.	P>z
Individual-level characteristics
Low birth weight	--	--		--	--		2.04	0.25	***
Age (years) in 2002	0.07	0.07		0.30	0.14	*	0.35	0.16	*
Male	−0.58	0.19	**	−0.58	0.19	**	−0.52	0.20	**
Birth order	−0.11	0.11		−0.09	0.11		−0.03	0.11
Family-level characteristics
Mother's age (years) at child's birth	−0.004	0.03		0.003	0.03		0.01	0.03
Mother's years of schooling	−0.06	0.03	*	−0.07	0.03	*	−0.06	0.03	+
Father's years of schooling	−0.03	0.04		−0.02	0.04		0.001	0.04
Mother's income (Rs. 1000)	−0.06	0.02	*	−0.07	0.02	**	−0.07	0.03	**
Household income (Rs. 1000)	0.01	0.02		0.01	0.02		−0.004	0.02
Sub-caste (reference: Thevar)
Sakliyar	0.41	0.49		0.55	0.49		0.85	0.56
Pallar	−0.13	0.34		−0.06	0.34		0.09	0.37
Paraiyar	−0.14	0.35		−0.10	0.35		0.08	0.38
Other	0.11	0.39		0.16	0.39		0.41	0.43
Division-level characteristics
Women's mean years of schooling	--	--		−0.57	0.28	*	−0.66	0.32	*
Men's mean years of schooling	--	--		0.10	0.29		0.11	0.33
Mean women's income (Rs. 1000)	--	--		0.19	0.14		0.28	0.16	+
Mean household income (Rs. 1000)	--	--		−0.01	0.07		−0.03	0.08
Constant	1.17	0.93		−1.84	3.05		−3.67	3.38
σ 2	1.73	0.51	***	1.42	0.44	***	1.82	0.54	***
Within-division correlation	0.34			0.30			0.36
Log likelihood	−417.47			−413.26			−374.41
N	691			691			691

Note: σ² = variance of division-level random intercept

⁺p<0.1

^*p<0.05

^**p<0.01

^***p<0.001.