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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Popul Environ. 2021 Mar 2;43(1):39–60. doi: 10.1007/s11111-021-00376-8

Table 1.

Sample-weighted summary statistics for climate exposures, growth outcome, and sociodemographic covariates. Table shows variable mean, standard deviation, and definition

Variable Units Mean SD Definition
Rain prenatal z-score –0.079 0.95 Rain anomaly during prenatal period
Temp prenatal z-score 0.01 0.94 Temp anomaly during prenatal period
Rain 0–1 for 1–2 z-score 0.085 0.96 Rain anomaly during ages 0–1 for ages 1–2
Temp 0–1 for 1–2 z-score –0.225 0.74 Temperature anomaly during ages 0–1 for ages 1–2
Rain 0–2 for 2–3 z-score 0.124 0.84 Rain anomaly during ages 0–2 for age 2–3
Temp 0–2 for 2–3 z-score 0.023 0.71 Temperature anomaly during ages 0–2 for ages 2–3
Rain 0–3 for 3–4 z-score 0.112 0.83 Rain anomaly during ages 0–3 for ages 3–4
Temp 0–3 for 3–4 z-score 0.225 0.85 Temperature anomaly during ages 0–3 for ages 3—4
Rain 0–4 for 4–5 z-score –0.024 0.82 Rain anomaly during ages 0–4 for ages 4–5
Temp 0–4 for 4–5 z-score 0.127 0.74 Temperature anomaly during ages 0–4 for ages 4–5
HAZ z-score –0.928 1.29 Height-for-age z-score
Child age Years 2.47 1.45 Child’s reported age
Female 0/1 0.495 0.50 Child’s reported sex
Indigenous 0/1 0.128 0.33 Household indigeneity status by language
Rural 0/1 0.388 0.49 Urban or rural designation
Maternal age Years 29.50 6.96 Maternal age on survey date
Maternal education
 No education 0/1 0.055 0.23 No formal education reported (mother)
 Primary education 0/1 0.346 0.48 Some or completed primary education (mother)
 Secondary education 0/1 0.408 0.49 Some or completed secondary school (mother)
 Higher education 0/1 0.191 0.39 Completed higher than secondary school (mother)
 Household size # of indiv 5.89 2.34 Number of household members
Wealth quintile
 1 0/1 0.242 0.43 First (lowest) wealth quintile based on household income and assets
 2 0/1 0.238 0.43 Second wealth quintile
 3 0/1 0.217 0.41 Third wealth quintile
 4 0/1 0.172 0.38 Fourth wealth quintile
 5 0/1 0.129 0.34 Fifth (highest) wealth quintile
Time (linear) Months 24,072 72.0 Continuous time trend linked to interview month and year (12*year+month)