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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Econ Ageing. 2014 Mar 21;4:26–34. doi: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.02.002

Table 2.

a.OLS results of Height model

height model 1 model 2


men women B(m)=B(w) men women B(m)=B(w)
coef coef F coef coef F
state
punjab 3.200 * 3.381 *** 0.02 3.366 * 3.687 *** 0.05
rajasthan 1.684 1.840 * 0.01 1.806 2.175 ** 0.09
kerala −1.436 −1.081 0.08 2.770 * 2.092 * 0.19
(karnataka)

state
Scheduled caste 2.904 ** −1.478 1.74 2.863 ** −0.902 3.28
Scheduled tribes 6.703 *** 2.946 ** 8.88 ** 6.670 *** 2.669 * 8.74 **
Other Backward Group −1.494 −0.960 0.25 −1.449 −0.693 0.46
(no/other)

years of school
father −0.257 −0.186 0.06
mother 0.468 −0.013 1.42

literacy
father 2.272 2.271 * 0.00
mother −0.531 1.596 0.74

age 0.099 ** −0.113 *** 0.16 0.082 * −0.107 *** 0.45
rural 0.825 −0.079 0.65 1.335 −0.013 1.34
_cons 171.013 *** 158.685 *** 169.455 * 157.720 ***

N 657 867 598 780
F-stat 7.13 *** 9.71 *** 8.560 *** 6.24 ***
R-sq 0.1175 0.1059 0.1262 0.1118
b. OLS results of Log Height model
log height model 1 model 2


men women B(m)=B(w) men women B(m)=B(w)
coef coef F coef coef F
state
punjab 0.019 * 0.022 *** 0.12 0.020 * 0.024 *** 0.23
rajasthan 0.010 0.012 * 0.06 0.011 0.015 ** 0.22
kerala −0.008 −0.007 0.04 −0.017 −0.013 0.11
(karnataka)

Caste
Scheduled caste −0.017 ** −0.01 1.27 −0.017 ** −0.006 2.82
Scheduled tribes −0.041 *** −0.019 * 7.78 ** −0.041 *** −0.017 * 7.94 **
Other Backward Group −0.009 −0.006 0.15 −0.009 −0.005 0.36
(no/other)

years of school
father −0.002 −0.001 0.80
mother 0.003 0.000 1.54

literacy
father 0.014 0.015 * 0.01
mother −0.003 0.011 0.80
age −0.001 ** −0.001 *** 0.46 −0.001 0.001 *** 0.86
rural 0.005 −0.000 0.53 0.008 0.000 1.10
_cons 5.142 *** 5.067 *** 5.132

N 657 867 598 780
F-stat 6.97 *** 9.71 *** 8.45 *** 6.25 ***
R-sq 0.1165 0.1040 0.1256 0.1100
*

p<.05,

**

p<.0 1,

***

p<.0 01

p<.10