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Table 5 Mixed-effect estimation result with interaction/with 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

0.021

0.067

− 0.058

(0.10)

(0.14)

(0.10)

Household size

0.007

0.034

− 0.009

(0.02)

(0.04)

(0.03)

Number of sisters

− 0.031

− 0.070**

0.016

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.02)

Number of meals shared over the past 7 days

0.019

0.000

0.026

(0.02)

(0.03)

(0.02)

Female # shock_index

− 0.045

− 0.016

− 0.032

(0.13)

(0.19)

(0.14)

Male # shock_index

− 0.084

− 0.194

0.024

(0.10)

(0.15)

(0.11)

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

− 0.010*

− 0.015*

− 0.002

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.01)

1 if medical aid, 0 otherwise

− 0.125

0.052

− 0.232**

(0.08)

(0.12)

(0.09)

Mother’s hours spent on collecting firewood

0.010

0.006

0.011

(0.03)

(0.04)

(0.03)

How many rooms

0.153

0.184***

0.058

(0.03)

(0.05)

(0.04)

Yes if credit over the past 12 months, 0 otherwise

− 0.021

− 0.060

0.019

(0.08)

(0.11)

(0.08)

1 if spouse live together, 0 otherwise

0.092

− 0.095

0.158

(0.14)

(0.21)

(0.15)

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

0.002

0.005*

− 0.001

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Mother’s hours spent working at PSNP within 12 months

− 0.003

− 0.007

0.002

(0.00)

(0.01)

(0.00)

Max_primary edu

0.279***

0.349***

0.088

(0.09)

(0.13)

(0.09)

Junior level edu

0.317

0.019

0.420*

(0.24)

(0.34)

(0.24)

Senior and above level edu

0.711**

0.663*

0.479*

(0.25)

(0.37)

(0.26)

Tigrai

− 0.212

− 0.366

− 0.053

(0.18)

(0.26)

(0.18)

Oromo

0.354***

0.466**

0.141

(0.13)

(0.19)

(0.13)

SNNP

0.233

0.127

0.241

(0.14)

(0.21)

(0.15)

Other regions

0.370**

0.416**

0.188

(0.15)

(0.21)

(0.15)

Tropic-warm/semiarid

− 0.023

− 0.891

0.764**

(0.38)

(0.55)

(0.39)

Tropic-warm/subhumid

0.158

− 0.447

0.682*

(0.40)

(0.58)

(0.41)

Tropic-warm/humid

1.469

0.470

1.883

(1.27)

(1.89)

(1.40)

Tropic-cool/arid

− 0.370

− 1.182

0.428

(0.74)

(1.08)

(0.78)

Tropic-cool/semiarid

0.222

− 0.782

1.089***

(0.37)

(0.54)

(0.38)

Tropic-cool/subhumid

0.252

− 0.864

1.163***

(0.38)

(0.55)

(0.39)

Tropic-cool/humid

0.045

− 1.013*

1.002**

(0.39)

(0.57)

(0.41)

Constant

− 1.817

− 1.469

− 1.580

(0.46)

(0.67)

(0.48)

Number of observations

1427

1427

1427

 SD (idcoleg1)

− 0.302

− 0.041

− 0.503

(0.06)

(0.08)

(0.10)

 SD (idclase1)

− 1.066

− 0.914

−12.287

(0.32)

(0.57)

(854.06)

 SD (residual)

− 0.071

0.406

0.166

(0.03)

(0.03)

(0.03)

ICC-L1

ICC-L2

-2LL

− 2242.016

− 2833.798

− 2410.041

df

31.0

31.0

31.0

  1. Source: Authors’ estimation result from LSMS data in Ethiopia, standard errors in parentheses, ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1