. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 2.

Published in final edited form as: Demography. 2019 Aug;56(4):1427–1452. doi: 10.1007/s13524-019-00794-2

Table 2.

The apparent similarity of the SC and ST height deficits

	Height-for-Age z Score

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
SC or ST		−0.397^***	−0.381^***	−0.405^***
		(0.0424)	(0.0559)	(0.0465)
SC	−0.405^***		−0.0244
	(0.0465)		(0.0557)
ST	−0.381^***			0.0244
	(0.0559)			(0.0557)
OBC	−0.262^***	−0.262^***	−0.262^***	−0.262^***
	(0.0417)	(0.0417)	(0.0417)	(0.0417)
N	24,840	24,840	24,840	24,840
R ²	.008	.008	.008	.008

Notes: Coefficients are from OLS regressions, weighted using sample weights. Observations are rural children whose heights were measured by the NFHS-3. Standard errors, clustered by PSU, are shown in parentheses. ST = Scheduled Tribes. SC = Scheduled Castes. OBC = Other Backward Classes.

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p < .001 (two-sided tests)