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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 4.
Published in final edited form as: Econ J (London). 2014 Dec 22;126(593):781–820. doi: 10.1111/ecoj.12186

Table 1. Summary Statistics.

Demographic Characteristics, IOC Exposure, and Health Investments

Children Aged Under 5 in 1999 DHS

Whole Sample Own Treatment Exposure
>=.75
Own Treatment Exposure
<.75

Number of children: 456 156 300

Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Children
  Age 1.860 1.393 2.064 1.263 1.753 1.447
  Female 0.478 0.500 0.513 0.501 0.460 0.499
  Birth Order 3.123 2.065 2.942 1.750 3.217 2.209
Mothers
  Age 28.502 6.987 28.737 6.555 28.380 7.209
  Years of Completed Educ. 5.024 3.137 4.974 3.261 5.050 3.076
Households
  Number of Children 3.559 2.261 3.410 2.000 3.637 2.385
  Household Size 6.568 3.215 6.295 2.890 6.710 3.368
  Urban 0.086 0.280 0.103 0.304 0.077 0.267
Program Exposure
  Own IOC Treatment Exposure 0.437 0.425 0.955 0.071 0.168 0.246
  Siblings' IOC Treatment Exposure 0.631 0.751 0.623 0.755 0.636 0.749
Vaccinations
  Number of polio doses (max = 3) 2.645 0.842 2.795 0.660 2.567 0.914
  Number of DPT doses (max = 3) 2.629 0.897 2.808 0.673 2.537 0.982
  Measles 0.756 0.430 0.833 0.374 0.715 0.452
  Number of total vaccinations (max = 7) 6.026 2.006 6.436 1.512 5.812 2.194
Nutritional Investments
  Mos. Breastfeeding 16.223 8.281 18.255 6.953 15.184 8.713
  Mos. Breastfeeding >6 0.872 0.334 0.974 0.160 0.819 0.385
Neonatal Investments
  Formal Sector Delivery 0.447 0.498 0.494 0.502 0.423 0.495
  Attended Delivery 0.947 0.224 0.949 0.221 0.947 0.225
  Polio 0 Dose 0.445 0.498 0.429 0.497 0.453 0.499
  BCG 0.941 0.236 0.955 0.208 0.933 0.250
  Has Health Card 0.958 0.200 0.981 0.138 0.947 0.225