Table 1.

Child outcomes by teen versus older mothers (first born children only)

All African and coloured children
	All		Born to Teen Mothers		Born to Older Mothers		Diff. (Teen-older)
	N	Mean	N	Mean	N	Mean	T-stat
WAZ at birth	533	−0.72	288	−0.81	245	−0.60	−1.82
Birthweight <2.5 kg		0.14		0.17		0.10	2.29
HCZ at birth	420	−0.69	222	−0.82	198	−0.53	−1.78
Small head		0.16		0.18		0.15	0.89
HAZ	613	−1.21	347	−1.40	266	−0.93	−2.56
Stunted		0.36		0.39		0.31	1.68
African children only
WAZ at birth	287	−0.52	134	−0.59	153	−0.45	−0.81
Birthweight <2.5 kg		0.13		0.15		0.11	0.86
HCZ at birth	234	−0.33	110	−0.46	124	−0.21	−1.32
Small head		0.09		0.10		0.08	0.44
HAZ	306	−1.08	156	−1.14	150	−1.02	−0.62
Stunted		0.28		0.27		0.29	−0.22
Coloured children only
WAZ at birth	246	−0.84	154	−0.91	92	−0.73	−1.19
Birthweight <2.5 kg		0.14		0.18		0.09	2.18
HCZ at birth	186	−0.93	112	−1.02	74	−0.80	−0.90
Small head		0.21		0.22		0.20	0.42
HAZ	268	−1.33	178	−1.50	90	−1.01	−1.64
Stunted		0.40		0.42		0.35	1.07

Means weighted for sample design and non-response and sample sizes (N) presented.