Table 6.

Correlates between caregiver’s mental health and child development outcomes using ordinary least squares, n = 986.

		Cognitive Scores	Language Scores	Social-Emotional Scores	Motor Scores
		(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
(1)	Depression	−2.59 ***	−2.34 ***	−2.86 ***	−2.91 ***
	(1 = yes)	(0.98)	(0.83)	(0.88)	(1.00)
	Controls	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Tester Fixed Effects	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Adj. R2	0.15	0.29	0.18	0.30
(2)	Anxiety	−0.81	−1.47	−1.48	−2.13 **
	(1 = yes)	(0.88)	(0.87)	(0.79)	(0.98)
	Controls	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Tester Fixed Effects	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Adj. R2	0.14	0.28	0.17	0.30
(3)	Stress	−1.56	−2.98 ***	−0.40	−2.61**
	(1 = yes)	(1.01)	(0.88)	(0.89)	(1.10)
	Controls	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Tester Fixed Effects	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Adj. R2	0.14	0.29	0.17	0.30
(4)	Any of mental health problem	−1.87**	−2.00 **	−2.00 **	−2.91 ***
	(1 = depression or anxiety or stress)	(0.88)	(0.81)	(0.81)	(0.89)
	Controls	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Tester Fixed Effects	YES	YES	YES	YES
	Adj. R2	0.15	0.29	0.18	0.30

Note. Data source is author’s survey. Controls include child’s age, gender, ethnicity, and premature birth; whether the child has siblings; whether the mother is the primary caregiver; caregiver’s age and educational level; paternal educational level; whether the father lives at home; and household asset index. We also control for Bayley tester fixed effects. All standard errors account for clustering at the village level. ** p < 0.05; *** p < 0.01.