Appendix Table A-1.

Descriptive Statistics, Child, Sibling and Full Samples

		N	Mean	Std. Dev.
Child Sample
Standardized Literacy Assessment		1746	0.00	1.00
Height-for-Age Z		1731	−1.24	1.02
Weight-for-Age Z		1716	−1.33	1.10
Food Insecurity, 2000		1999	0.26	0.44
Food Insecurity, 2004		1866	0.07	0.26
Severity of Food Insecurity (Index)		1866	0.00	0.70
Past Month, “Almost Never” Consumed...	Meat	1866	0.42	0.49
	Seafood	1866	0.83	0.37
	Rice	1866	0.29	0.45
	Eggs	1866	0.31	0.46
	Vegetables	1866	0.12	0.33
	Fruit	1866	0.50	0.50
	Dairy	1866	0.80	0.40
Wealth Quintiles (Ref.=Poorest)	Second	1918	0.20	0.40
	Third	1918	0.20	0.40
	Fourth	1918	0.20	0.40
	Fifth	1918	0.20	0.40
Mother's Education (Years)		1918	4.26	3.49
Father's Education (Years)		1918	6.95	3.60
Mother Passed Away		1916	0.01	0.09
Father Passed Away		1918	0.02	0.14
Prior Cognitive Test (2000)		1999	17.61	10.22
Prior Math Achievement (2000)		1980	71.42	15.85
Prior Language Achievement (2000)		1980	73.08	16.63
Grade Attained		1917	7.13	1.82
Age		1781	14.51	1.11
Female		1918	0.47	0.50
Sibling Sample
Height-for-Age Z		710	−1.16	1.23
Weight-for-Age Z		714	−1.37	1.24
Age		759	12.06	1.97
Female		896	0.42	0.49