Table 4.

Correlates of caregiver depression, n = 1,787.

Independent variables	Caregiver depression (1 = yes; 0 = no)
	OLS
PANEL A: CHILD CHARACTERISTICS
Age of child (month)	0.002
	(0.002)
Female (1 = yes; 0 = no)	−0.026
	(0.019)
Premature (1 = yes; 0 = no)	0.056
	(0.047)
Has siblings (1 = yes; 0 = no)	0.008
	(0.024)
PANEL B: HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
Primary caregiver type (mother = 1; grandmother = 0)	−0.098***
	(0.033)
Age of primary caregiver (years)	0.001
	(0.001)
Primary caregiver educational level (years)	−0.007
	(0.004)
Father educational level (years)	−0.003
	(0.004)
Father lives at home (1 = yes; 0 = no)	−0.026
	(0.020)
Asset Index (PCA score)	−0.028***
	(0.009)
Household receives government welfare	−0.027
	(0.031)
Number of households in the village	−0.0001
	(0.0001)
Distance between village and township (km)	0.003
	(0.002)
Cohort	−0.003
	(0.014)
Constant	0.353***
	(0.092)
Observations	1,787

Source: Authors' survey.

^**significant at 5%;

^***significant at 1%. Robust standard errors in parentheses clustered at village level.