Table 3. Effect of floods on anemia: OLS estimates.
| Dependent variable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemia | ||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Floodt−1 | 0.039*** | 0.024*** | ||
| (0.006) | (0.009) | |||
| Floodt−2 | 0.054*** | 0.033*** | ||
| (0.009) | (0.013) | |||
| Iron deficiency | 0.219*** | 0.219*** | ||
| (0.037) | (0.037) | |||
| Inflammation (CRPi > 1mg/dL) | 0.129 | 0.129 | ||
| (0.099) | (0.099) | |||
| Vit. A deficiency | 0.202*** | 0.202*** | ||
| (0.062) | (0.062) | |||
| Zinc deficiency | 0.009 | 0.009 | ||
| (0.070) | (0.070) | |||
| Vit. B12 low intake | 0.043 | 0.043 | ||
| (0.048) | (0.048) | |||
| Province fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ethnicity fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Observations | 1,128 | 1,128 | 979 | 979 |
| R2 | 0.084 | 0.084 | 0.139 | 0.139 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.048 | 0.048 | 0.096 | 0.096 |
| Residual std. error | 9.384 | 9.384 | 9.007 | 9.007 |
| F statistic | 2.356*** | 2.355*** | 3.202*** | 3.201*** |
Notes: The dependent variable is equal to 1 if the respondent’s hemoglobin concentration is less than 12mg/dL (< 11mg/dL for pregnant women) and 0 otherwise. The regressions control for woman’s age, literacy, and current pregnancy status; household location type (urban vs. rural), wealth index, dependency ratio, and ethnolinguistic affiliation; and age, sex, literacy, and marital status of household head, while also including provincial dummies and provincial aid. All models are estimated using sampling survey weights, and the flood variable in all specifications is adjusted for district population density. Robust standard errors (in parenthesis) are clustered at the district level.
* p < 0.1,
** p < 0.05,
*** p < 0.01.