Table A4.
Family fixed effects regressions for weight for age including sibling order index
| Weight for age | ||
|---|---|---|
|
| ||
| All children | Children 2–6 years | |
| Sibling order index | −0.035 | −0.076 |
| −0.869 | −1.84 | |
| First born | −0.004 | 0.024 |
| −0.106 | 0.624 | |
| Female | −0.004 | −0.066 |
| −0.159 | −2.715 | |
| Numbers of classes of children in household | ||
| Other surveyed children | −0.019 | −0.053 |
| −0.977 | −2.669 | |
| Unmeasured children 0–12 | −0.052 | −0.049 |
| −4.963 | −4.497 | |
| Working teenagers | 0.013 | 0.024 |
| 0.453 | 0.861 | |
| Non-working teenagers | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| 0.029 | 0.028 | |
| Multiple birth | −0.328 | −0.416 |
| −2.145 | −2.699 | |
| Age (years) | −0.151 | −0.166 |
| −18.997 | −15.749 | |
| Infant | −0.295 | |
| −6.459 | ||
| Nativity of household head | ||
| Head born in Minnesota (reference) | ||
| Head born elsewhere in U.S. | −0.004 | 0.055 |
| −0.107 | 1.542 | |
| Head born abroad | −0.004 | −0.063 |
| −0.149 | −2.058 | |
| Occupation of household head | ||
| Professionals, managers, owners (including farm): Reference | ||
| Clerical, sales and service | −0.103 | −0.156 |
| −2.456 | −3.629 | |
| Tradesmen and operatives | −0.138 | −0.198 |
| −4.04 | −5.724 | |
| Laborers and unclassifiable occupations | −0.209 | −0.234 |
| −4.352 | −4.791 | |
| No occupation/out of labor force | −0.242 | −0.178 |
| −4.141 | −3.001 | |
| Renting household | −0.037 | −0.023 |
| −1.431 | −0.864 | |
| Constant | 0.251 | 0.441 |
| 3.182 | 5.04 | |
| N | 9297 | 5872 |
| R2 | ||
| Within | 0.062 | 0.049 |
| Between | 0.043 | 0.064 |
| Overall | 0.047 | 0.066 |