Table 2.
Number of obs (n): 6101 | |||
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Number of unique children: 3427 | |||
Variable | Definition | Mean (Std. Dev.) |
Expected Sign |
Outcome Variables | |||
Stunting | binary variable =1 if child’s z-score is more than two standard deviations (2sd) below WHO reference mean for height for age | 0.222a
(0.416) |
--- |
Wasting | binary variable =1 if child’s z-score is more than 2sd below WHO reference mean for weight for height | 0.031a
(0.175) |
--- |
Underweight | binary variable =1 if child’s z-score is more than 2sd below WHO reference mean for weight for age | 0.098 (0.297) |
--- |
Covariates | |||
SBS | staple food spending as a percentage of total household food expenditures | 43.743 (19.579) |
(+) |
Food insecurity | binary variable =1 if hh reported it did not have enough food in one or more months that year, 0 otherwise | 0.331 (0.471) |
(+) |
Spending | Total household spending (100,000 UGX 2011) | 52.580 (73.515) |
(−) |
Household head | binary variable =1 if hh head is male, 0 otherwise | 0.791 (0.407) |
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Average age | The average age of individuals residing in the household | 22.329 (6.465) |
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Household occupants | Number of individuals residing in the household | 5.446 (2.663) |
(+) |
Percent female | Percent of adults in the household that are female | 53.533 (19.180) |
(−) |
Urban | binary variable =1 if dwelling is in an urban area, 0 otherwise | 0.131 (0.337) |
(−) |
Father present | binary variable =1 if father is present in the household, 0 otherwise | 0.722 (0.448) |
(−) |
Mother present | binary variable =1 if mother is present in the household, 0 otherwise | 0.876 (0.330) |
(−) |
Household head educated | binary variable =1 if household head completed at least one year of schooling, 0 otherwise | 0.411 (0.492) |
(+) |
Male | binary variable =1 if child is male, 0 otherwise | 0.503 (0.500) |
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aFull sample means. Stunting subsample means: ≤ 12 months 0.118, > 12 months 0.242, males 0.248, females 0.196. Wasting subsample means: ≤ 12 months 0.060, > 12 months 0.026, males 0.037, females 0.026