Shocks in food availability and intra-household resources allocation: evidence on children nutrition outcomes in Ethiopia

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Summary statistics of height-for-age, weight-for-age, and weight-for-height z-scores by sex

By sex	z-score	N	Mean	SD	p5	p10	p25	p50	p75	p95	p99
Male	waz06	880	− 1.190	1.247	− 3.16	− 2.775	− 2.04	− 1.2	− 0.38	0.74	2.06
	haz06	880	− 1.588	1.845	− 4.575	− 3.835	− 2.71	− 1.735	− 0.55	1.76	3.72
	whz06	880	− 0.431	1.349	− 2.7	− 1.99	− 1.21	− 0.45	0.41	1.77	3.08
Female	waz06	548	− 1.143	1.300	− 3.34	− 2.79	− 1.985	− 1.16	− 0.24	0.82	2.26
	haz06	548	− 1.498	1.941	− 4.58	− 3.91	− 2.81	− 1.525	− 0.46	1.84	4.4
	whz06	548	− 0.386	1.360	− 2.61	− 1.99	− 1.215	− 0.41	0.46	1.89	2.96
Total	waz06	1428	−1.172	1.267	− 3.25	− 2.78	− 2.02	− 1.18	− 0.34	0.8	2.11
	haz06	1428	−1.553	1.882	− 4.58	− 3.86	− 2.745	− 1.655	− 0.49	1.78	4.1
	Whz06	1428	− 0.414	1.353	− 2.67	− 1.99	− 1.21	− 0.44	0.43	1.82	3.05

Source: Author’s statistical summary from the LSMS data for children z-score under 5 years, 2017
waz06, haz06, and whz06 are dependent variables which represent weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight for height z-scores respectively