Table 11.
Regressions of child growth indicators against parental education under alternative specifications, after excluding household wealth
| Regression number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dependent variable | HAZ | HAZ | HAZ | Stunting |
| Country-varying controls? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Community Fixed effects | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Education rank included? | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Maternal education | ||||
| 4–6 years | 0.160∗∗∗ | 0.068∗∗∗ | 0.039∗∗∗ | −0.014∗∗∗ |
| 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.009 | 0.003 | |
| 7–9 years | 0.287∗∗∗ | 0.122∗∗∗ | 0.079∗∗∗ | −0.032∗∗∗ |
| 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.011 | 0.004 | |
| 10–12 years | 0.488∗∗∗ | 0.232∗∗∗ | 0.172∗∗∗ | −0.060∗∗∗ |
| 0.01 | 0.009 | 0.014 | 0.005 | |
| 13 plus | 0.684∗∗∗ | 0.326∗∗∗ | 0.246∗∗∗ | −0.066∗∗∗ |
| 0.013 | 0.013 | 0.02 | 0.007 | |
| Paternal | ||||
| 4–6 years | 0.087∗∗∗ | 0.053∗∗∗ | 0.028∗∗∗ | −0.012∗∗∗ |
| 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.009 | 0.003 | |
| 7–9 years | 0.165∗∗∗ | 0.104∗∗∗ | 0.066∗∗∗ | −0.025∗∗∗ |
| 0.008 | 0.008 | 0.011 | 0.004 | |
| 10–12 years | 0.255∗∗∗ | 0.167∗∗∗ | 0.111∗∗∗ | −0.039∗∗∗ |
| 0.009 | 0.008 | 0.014 | 0.005 | |
| 13+ years | 0.349∗∗∗ | 0.238∗∗∗ | 0.165∗∗∗ | −0.049∗∗∗ |
| 0.011 | 0.011 | 0.019 | 0.006 | |
| Cohort-region educational ranks | ||||
| Mother's rank | 0.097∗∗∗ | −0.029∗∗∗ | ||
| 0.018 | 0.006 | |||
| Father's rank | 0.088∗∗∗ | −0.026∗∗∗ | ||
| 0.019 | 0.006 | |||
| Tests | ||||
| Larger maternal education effects?a | Yes (all brackets) | Yes (10–12; 13+) | Yes (10–12; 13+) | Yes (10–12; 13+) |
| Significant non-linearity?b | Yes: Women | Yes | Yes | Yes: Women |
| N | 376,992 | 376,992 | 376,992 | 376,992 |
Notes: Cluster-robust standard errors reported in parenthesis. Clustering is at the enumeration level ∗, ∗∗, and ∗∗∗ indicate significance at the 10%, 5% and 1% significance levels respectively. See text for a description of the models and variables. a. This test is a Wald test comparing maternal and paternal coefficients across categories. b. This is a test of coefficient proportionality.