From: Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal
Dependent variable: HAZ score | ||||||||||||
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 | RURAL | URBAN | ||||||||||
 | OLS | Quantiles | OLS | Quantiles | ||||||||
 |  | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 |  | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 |
Female gender of child | −0.01 | −0.03 | −0.06 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | −0.09 |
(0.04) | (0.06) | (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.07) | (0.12) | (0.11) | (0.08) | (0.10) | (0.14) | |
Age of child | −0.23*** | −0.09*** | −0.12*** | −0.22*** | −0.31*** | −0.41*** | −0.27*** | −0.23*** | −0.24*** | −0.29*** | −0.26*** | −0.30*** |
(0.02) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.06) | |
Child vaccinated | 0.21*** | 0.16** | 0.13** | 0.20*** | 0.29*** | 0.39*** | 0.29*** | −0.03 | 0.19* | 0.24** | 0.45*** | 0.62*** |
(0.05) | (0.08) | (0.06) | (0.06) | (0.08) | (0.12) | (0.09) | (0.14) | (0.11) | (0.11) | (0.13) | (0.20) | |
Age of mother | 0.00 | −0.01 | −0.01** | −0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | −0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02** | 0.01 | 0.01 |
(0.00) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.00) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | |
Mother’s working status | −0.17*** | −0.11 | −0.14*** | −0.12** | −0.14** | −0.29*** | −0.12 | −0.12 | −0.10 | 0.03 | −0.22** | −0.23 |
(0.05) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.07) | (0.11) | (0.08) | (0.14) | (0.11) | (0.10) | (0.11) | (0.17) | |
Mother’s education (yrs) | 0.05*** | 0.03** | 0.04*** | 0.05*** | 0.05*** | 0.08*** | 0.06*** | 0.04* | 0.06*** | 0.07*** | 0.06*** | 0.06** |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Husband’s education (yrs) | 0.01** | 0.03*** | 0.02* | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03* | 0.01 | −0.02 | −0.01 |
(0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | (0.01) | (0.02) | (0.02) | |
Wealth index | 0.22*** | 0.17*** | 0.22*** | 0.31*** | 0.30*** | 0.16 | 0.15*** | 0.10 | 0.05 | 0.15*** | 0.24*** | 0.16 |
(0.04) | (0.05) | (0.04) | (0.05) | (0.07) | (0.11) | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.10) | |
Extended family dummy | −0.01 | 0.04 | 0.02 | −0.02 | −0.05 | −0.04 | −0.01 | −0.06 | −0.14 | −0.11 | 0.04 | −0.02 |
(0.04) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.09) | (0.07) | (0.13) | (0.10) | (0.09) | (0.10) | (0.15) | |
Dependency ratio | −0.06** | −0.05 | −0.02 | −0.07*** | −0.05 | −0.08* | −0.04 | −0.14 | −0.14* | −0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
(0.02) | (0.05) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.05) | (0.10) | (0.07) | (0.05) | (0.06) | (0.09) | |
No. of children(<5 yrs) | −0.03 | −0.06 | −0.08* | −0.04 | 0.03 | 0.08 | −0.05 | −0.09 | −0.04 | 0.00 | −0.04 | −0.02 |
(0.03) | (0.06) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.07) | (0.06) | (0.13) | (0.09) | (0.07) | (0.07) | (0.11) | |
Constant | −1.32*** | −3.11*** | −2.22*** | −1.29*** | −0.44*** | 0.24 | −1.44*** | −2.33*** | −2.20*** | −2.00*** | −0.76** | −0.01 |
(0.13) | (0.22) | (0.18) | (0.17) | (0.19) | (0.28) | (0.24) | (0.48) | (0.32) | (0.29) | (0.34) | (0.46) | |
N | 4051 | 4051 | 4051 | 4051 | 4051 | 4051 | 1168 | 1168 | 1168 | 1168 | 1168 | 1168 |
R-sq | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.16 | 0.09 |
adj. R-sq | 0.15 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.08 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.16 | 0.08 |