Table 2.
Estimates for coefficients of the controls for Model C.
| WAZ8 | HAZ8 | EGRA | Math | PPVT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If boy | 0.040 | −0.083** | −0.141*** | −0.017 | 0.025 |
| (0.060) | (0.040) | (0.051) | (0.028) | (0.039) | |
| If mother’s first child | 0.329*** | 0.133** | 0.112* | 0.065 | 0.072 |
| (0.081) | (0.051) | (0.055) | (0.041) | (0.051) | |
| Born in 2002 | 0.028 | 0.007 | −0.303*** | −0.868*** | −0.405*** |
| (0.067) | (0.054) | (0.056) | (0.068) | (0.078) | |
| Mother's height (norm.) | 0.211*** | 0.292*** | 0.041* | 0.032* | 0.019 |
| (0.026) | (0.025) | (0.022) | (0.017) | (0.022) | |
| Mother’s BMI | 0.102*** | 0.026*** | −0.007 | −0.007 | 0.003 |
| (0.010) | (0.009) | (0.010) | (0.008) | (0.008) | |
| Mother ethnic minority | −0.057 | −0.280*** | −0.500*** | −0.541*** | −0.400*** |
| (0.079) | (0.076) | (0.165) | (0.173) | (0.112) | |
| Mother completed Lower Secondary Education (LSE) |
0.236*** | 0.162*** | 0.176** | 0.180*** | 0.322*** |
| (0.072) | (0.049) | (0.066) | (0.051) | (0.071) | |
| Father completed LSE | 0.079 | 0.069 | 0.120** | 0.154*** | 0.103** |
| (0.052) | (0.044) | (0.055) | (0.046) | (0.048) | |
| Wealth index R1 | 0.284*** | 0.160*** | 0.146** | 0.211*** | 0.233*** |
| (0.066) | (0.050) | (0.060) | (0.061) | (0.068) | |
| Urban | 0.666** | 0.449*** | 0.489** | 0.163 | 0.311 |
| (0.269) | (0.148) | (0.211) | (0.222) | (0.225) |
Notes: The effects of region and specific sites are not displayed; the test scores in EGRA, Math and PPVT are normalized by the sample standard deviations; Number of observations: 1758; the standard errors (in parentheses, underneath the coefficients) are robust to heteroscedasticity.
*
p < 0.1.
**
p < 0.05.
***
p < 0.01.