Table A2. Estimates of coefficients of nutritional variables Subsample of only the observation with non-missing data on birth weight.
| Model | Variables other than controls | WAZ8 | HAZ8 | EGRA | Math | PPVT |
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| 0 | Norm. birth weight (y0) | 0.157*** (0.031) | 0.145*** (0.028) | 0.005 (0.030) | 0.022 (0.036) | -0.008 (0.025) |
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| 1W | Weight-for-age at 1 year | 0.566*** (0.022) | 0.376*** (0.021) | 0.118*** (0.023) | 0.083*** (0.023) | 0.022 (0.024) |
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| 1H | Height-for-age at 1 year | 0.464*** (0.023) | 0.508*** (0.019) | 0.112*** (0.022) | 0.088*** (0.018) | 0.049** (0.018) |
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| 2W | Unpredicted weight gain (y1) | 0.510*** (0.020) | 0.334*** (0.019) | 0.110*** (0.021) | 0.075*** (0.020) | 0.022 (0.021) |
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| 2H | Unpredicted height growth (y2) | 0.443*** (0.023) | 0.489*** (0.021) | 0.112*** (0.021) | 0.085*** (0.018) | 0.051*** (0.018) |
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| 3W | Birth weight (y0) | 0.147*** (0.024) | 0.138*** (0.023) | 0.003 (0.030) | 0.020 (0.035) | -0.008 (0.025) |
| Unpredicted weight gain (y1) | 0.509*** (0.020) | 0.332*** (0.019) | 0.110*** (0.021) | 0.075*** (0.020) | 0.022 (0.021) | |
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| 3H | Birth weight (y0) | 0.145*** (0.026) | 0.132*** (0.022) | 0.002 (0.029) | 0.020 (0.035) | -0.009 (0.025) |
| Unpredicted height growth (y2) | 0.441*** (0.022) | 0.487*** (0.020) | 0.112*** (0.021) | 0.085*** (0.018) | 0.051*** (0.018) | |
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| 4HW | Birth weight (y0) | 0.145*** (0.024) | 0.132*** (0.022) | 0.002 (0.029) | 0.020 (0.035) | -0.009 (0.025) |
| Unpredicted height growth (y2) | 0.435*** (0.020) | 0.487*** (0.020) | 0.111*** (0.021) | 0.085*** (0.019) | 0.051*** (0.018) | |
| Conditional unpredicted WAZ1 (y3) | 0.291*** (0.023) | 0.005 (0.019) | 0.048** (0.020) | 0.024 (0.018) | -0.017 (0.018) | |
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| 4WH | Birth weight (y0) | 0.145*** (0.024) | 0.132*** (0.022) | 0.002 (0.029) | 0.020 (0.035) | -0.009 (0.025) |
| Unpredicted weight gain (y1) | 0.511*** (0.019) | 0.338*** (0.016) | 0.111*** (0.021) | 0.076*** (0.020) | 0.023 (0.021) | |
| Conditional unpredicted HAZ1 (y4) | 0.116*** (0.024) | 0.350*** (0.022) | 0.047** (0.020) | 0.045*** (0.016) | 0.049*** (0.014) | |
Notes: The variables on early childhood nutrition and on test scores in EGRA, Math and PPVT are normalized by the sample standard deviations; Number of observations: 1556; the standard errors (in parentheses, underneath the coefficients) are robust to heteroscedasticity;
***
p<0.01,
**
p<0.05,
*
p<0.1.