Table 2.

Summary statistics for the variables used in the regression analyses (N = 2155)

	Mean	Std. dev	Min	Max
= 1 if child is found from the health post records, 0 if not found	0.390	0.488	0	1
Health post or Health Extension worker characteristics
= 1 if Master Family Index exists at the health post, 0 otherwise	0.822	0.382	0	1
= 1 if family folders exist at the health post, 0 otherwise	0.855	0.352	0	1
Household's distance (in km) to the health post	2.174	1.788	0.02	9.04
Number of years the HEW has worked in the kebele	4.231	3.623	0	12
Child or household characteristics
Child's age in months	11.36	6.71	0	23
= 1 if index child is male, 0 if female	0.514	0.500	0	1
= 1 if the child was born home, 0 otherwise	0.524	0.500	0	1
Mother's age (in years)	28.83	6.49	16	50
Mother's education (in years)	0.852	2.237	0	13
Household size	5.729	1.936	2	16
= 1 if household has other less than 5-year-old children, 0 otherwise	0.593	0.491	0	1
Number of tropical livestock units (TLU) owned by the household	2.999	3.731	0	65.4
= 1 if the household benefitted from PSNP in 2016	0.386	0.487	0	1
Binary regional variables
= 1 if child is in Tigray region, 0 otherwise (reference category)	0.213	0.410	0	1
= 1 if child is in Amhara region, 0 otherwise	0.262	0.440	0	1
= 1 if child is in Oromia region, 0 otherwise	0.244	0.430	0	1
= 1 if child is in SNNP region, 0 otherwise	0.280	0.449	0	1
Variables capturing exposure to health and nutrition services
= 1 if mother knew a health extension worker, 0 otherwise	0.794	0.404	0	1
= 1 if mother had contact with HEW in past 3 months, 0 otherwise	0.373	0.484	0	1
= 1 if child's growth was monitored in the past 3 months, 0 otherwise	0.282	0.450	0	1