Table 3. Estimates of coefficients of nutritional variables for Models in Group I.
Model | Variables other than controls | WAZ8 | HAZ8 | EGRA | Math | PPVT |
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C | R-squared ( ) | 0.314 | 0.282 | 0.175 | 0.345 | 0.281 |
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0 | Norm. birth weight (y0) | 0.153*** (0.031) | 0.134*** (0.027) | -0.005 (0.032) | 0.009 (0.036) | -0.017 (0.025) |
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0.014 | 0.011 | 0.001 | 0.004 | 0.002 | |
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1W | Weight-for-age at 1 year | 0.561*** (0.022) | 0.376*** (0.020) | 0.119*** (0.022) | 0.097*** (0.022) | 0.024 (0.022) |
R2 | 0.489 | 0.402 | 0.188 | 0.357 | 0.283 | |
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1H | Height-for-age at 1 year | 0.436*** (0.027) | 0.478*** (0.021) | 0.106*** (0.021) | 0.100*** (0.017) | 0.041** (0.018) |
R2 | 0.436 | 0.500 | 0.187 | 0.359 | 0.284 | |
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2W | Unpredicted weight gain (y1) | 0.507*** (0.021) | 0.336*** (0.018) | 0.113*** (0.021) | 0.090*** (0.019) | 0.025 (0.020) |
R2 | 0.482 | 0.394 | 0.189 | 0.357 | 0.283 | |
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2H | Unpredicted height growth (y2) | 0.418*** (0.026) | 0.461*** (0.022) | 0.106*** (0.022) | 0.099*** (0.017) | 0.043** (0.017) |
R2 | 0.430 | 0.493 | 0.188 | 0.359 | 0.285 |
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: 1758; the standard errors (in parentheses, underneath the coefficients) are robust to heteroscedasticity;
p<0.01,
p<0.05,
p<0.1.