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Table 4 Mixed-effect estimation result without shocks

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

Variables

(1)

(2)

(3)

Weight-for-age z-score

Length/height-for-age z-score

Weight-for-length/height z-score

Age of a child in months

− 0.008***

− 0.004

− 0.006**

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Breastfeeding duration in months

0.007***

0.013***

− 0.000

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Male dummy

0.004

− 0.002

− 0.038

(0.08)

(0.12)

(0.08)

Household size

0.006

0.033

− 0.009

(0.02)

(0.04)

(0.03)

Number of sisters

− 0.031

− 0.071**

0.017

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.02)

What was the total number of meals that were shared over the past 7 days with

0.020

0.002

0.026

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.02)

HH distance in (km) to nearest major road

0.003

0.007**

− 0.000

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Plot distance in (km) to HH

− 0.009*

− 0.015*

− 0.002

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

1 if medical aid, 0 otherwise

− 0.123

0.053

− 0.232**

(0.08)

(0.12)

(0.09)

Mother’s hours spent on collecting firewood

0.009

0.006

0.011

(0.03)

(0.04)

(0.03)

How many rooms

0.154***

0.185***

0.059

(0.03)

(0.05)

(0.04)

Yes if credit over the past 12 months, 0 otherwise

− 0.025

− 0.069

0.019

(0.08)

(0.11)

(0.08)

1 if spouse live together, 0 otherwise

0.094

− 0.088

0.156

(0.14)

(0.21)

(0.15)

Mother’s hours spent in agric activity in the last 7 days?

0.002

0.004

− 0.001

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Mother’s hours spent working at PSNP within 12 months

− 0.003

− 0.008

0.002

(0.00)

(0.01)

(0.00)

Max_primary

0.275***

0.340***

0.089

(0.09)

(0.13)

(0.09)

Junior

0.312

0.017

0.417*

(0.24)

(0.34)

(0.24)

Senior and above

0.718***

0.672*

0.481*

(0.25)

(0.37)

(0.26)

Tigrai

− 0.192

− 0.333

− 0.053

(0.18)

(0.25)

(0.18)

Oromo

0.356***

0.465**

0.143

(0.13)

(0.19)

(0.13)

SNNP

0.210

0.081

0.244*

(0.14)

(0.20)

(0.14)

Other regions

0.375**

0.420**

0.190

(0.15)

(0.21)

(0.15)

Tropic-warm/semiarid

− 0.037

− 0.920*

0.767**

(0.38)

(0.55)

(0.39)

Tropic-warm/subhumid

0.156

− 0.459

0.686*

(0.40)

(0.58)

(0.41)

Tropic-warm/humid

1.492

0.471

1.902

(1.27)

(1.89)

(1.40)

Tropic-cool/arid

− 0.391

− 1.207

0.422

(0.74)

(1.08)

(0.78)

Tropic-cool/semiarid

0.218

− 0.797

1.093***

(0.37)

(0.54)

(0.38)

Tropic-cool/subhumid

0.263

− 0.850

1.166***

(0.38)

(0.55)

(0.39)

Tropic-cool/humid

0.067

− 0.977*

1.002**

(0.39)

(0.57)

(0.40)

Constant

− 1.824

− 1.446

− 1.598

(0.46)

(0.66)

(0.47)

Number of observations

1427

1427

1427

 SD (idcoleg1)

− 0.300

− 0.036

− 0.503

(0.06)

(0.07)

(0.10)

 SD (idclase1)

− 1.066

− 0.913

− 11.752

(0.32)

(0.56)

(505.76)

 SD (residual)

− 0.072

0.406

0.166

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

ICC-L1

ICC-L2

-2LL

− 2242.363

− 2834.628

− 2410.102

df

29.0

29.0

29.0

  1. Source: Authors’ estimation result from LSMS data in Ethiopia, standard errors in parentheses, no. of observation = 1427, ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1