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

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 3 Variables included in the mixed-effects estimation model

Variables	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Variables	Mean	SD	n	Min	Max
Household size	7.550	1.873	1.873	2	16
Number of meals that were shared over the past 7 days	0.527	1.809	1.809	0	21
How many rooms	1.834	1.074	1.074	0	9
Age of a child in months	36.76	14.41	14.41	4.107	60
Number of sisters	3.417	1.974	1.974	1	14
Breastfeeding duration in months	7.102	11.21	11.21	0	48
Region	2.326	1.330	1.330	N/A	N/A
Mother’s education linked to a child	0.404	0.664	0.664	N/A	N/A
Mother’s hours spent on collecting firewood	0.692	1.334	1.334	0	14
Mother’s hours spent in agric activity in the last 7 days?	24.90	22.86	22.86	0	96
HH distance in (km) to nearest major road	16.71	22.03	22.03	0	240.9
Plot distance in (km) to HH	1.619	6.911	6.911	0	80.20
1 if medical aid, 0 otherwise	0.186	0.389	0.389	0	1
Yes if credit over the past 12 months, 0 otherwise	0.284	0.451	0.451	0	1
Ecological zone	5.269	1.750	1.750	N/A	N/A
Male dummy, one if male, 0 otherwise	0.616	0.486	0.486	0	1
1 if spouse live together, 0 otherwise	0.922	0.268	0.268	0	1
No. of days mother’s work PSNP linked to kids	0.936	8.187	8.187	0	180
Aggregate environmental shock index linked to individuals	0.366	0.482	0.482	0	1
Length/height-for-age z-score	− 1.553	1.882	1.882	− 6	5.300
Weight-for-age z-score	− 1.172	1.267	1.267	− 5.400	3.040
Weight-for-length/height z-score	− 0.414	1.353	1.353	− 4.730	4.730

Source: Author’s own summary estimation from LSMS dataset in Ethiopia, 2017; N/A is for not applicable
PSNP stands for Productive Safety Net Program