Table 1.
Effect of covariates on overweight risk. Testing Hypotheses 1.1, 1.3 and 2.1.
| Overweight | Overweight | Overweight | Overweight | Overweight | Overweight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | |
| Low | Medium | Low | Medium | |||
| No education | −0.112*** | −0.111*** | −0.179*** | −0.042*** | −0.166*** | −0.075*** |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | |
| Incomplete primary | −0.039*** | −0.039*** | −0.115*** | −0.011*** | −0.114*** | 0.010*** |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | |
| Complete primary | −0.019*** | −0.017*** | −0.081*** | −0.005 | −0.090*** | 0.027*** |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | (0.004) | |
| Incomplete secondary | −0.025*** | −0.011*** | −0.072*** | −0.019*** | −0.066*** | 0.018*** |
| (0.003) | (0.002) | (0.004) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.003) | |
| Complete secondary | 0.038*** | 0.007*** | −0.003 | 0.054*** | −0.029*** | 0.034*** |
| (0.003) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.003) | (0.004) | (0.003) | |
| University | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Urban | 0.104*** | 0.105*** | 0.116*** | 0.073*** | 0.112*** | 0.089*** |
| (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.003) | (0.002) | (0.002) | |
| Rural | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Log GDP per capita | 0.121*** | 0.088*** | 0.002 | 0.109*** | 0.017 | 1.006*** |
| (0.001) | (0.010) | (0.002) | (0.004) | (0.012) | (0.068) | |
| 15–24 years | −0.233*** | −0.232*** | −0.189*** | −0.310*** | −0.188*** | −0.295*** |
| (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.003) | (0.002) | (0.003) | |
| 25–34 years | −0.124*** | −0.122*** | −0.103*** | −0.150*** | −0.100*** | −0.144*** |
| (0.001) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | |
| 35–49 years | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| 0 children | −0.062*** | −0.038*** | −0.013*** | −0.125*** | −0.015*** | −0.100*** |
| (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.004) | (0.002) | (0.004) | |
| 1–2 children | 0.021*** | 0.034*** | 0.039*** | 0.007** | 0.044*** | 0.004 |
| (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.002) | (0.003) | (0.002) | (0.003) | |
| 3–5 children | 0.042*** | 0.045*** | 0.035*** | 0.062*** | 0.038*** | 0.044*** |
| (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.002) | (0.003) | (0.002) | (0.003) | |
| 6 and more children | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference |
| Observations | 878,310 | 878,310 | 529,416 | 337,837 | 529,416 | 337,837 |
| R-squared | 0.185 | 0.094 | 0.115 | 0.150 | 0.093 | 0.114 |
| Country FE | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Notes: Cluster-robust standard errors in parentheses (based on DHS cluster identifiers). All specifications are OLS models or country fixed effects models.
*p < 0.1.
**
p < 0.05.
***
p < 0.01.
All specifications contain time dummies.
Source: DHS dataset, 1991–2009.