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Table 3 Panel regression results on the effect of rainfall and temperature on stunting, Ethiopia, 1996–2004

From: Climate change, crop production and child under nutrition in Ethiopia; a longitudinal panel study

 

All zone model

Lowlands

Midlands

Highlands

 

coef†

se‡

coef

se

coef

se

coef

se

Rainfall during growing season

0.242***

0.91

0.06

0.17

0.495**

0.16

0.22

0.16

Temperature

-0.216*

0.12

-0.55**

0.26

-0.09

0.17

-0.23

0.22

Quadratic term for rainfall

0.060

0.14

-0.33

0.27

0.30

0.22

0.23

0.27

Per capita crop

-0.53

0.000

0.003

0.18

0.12

0.16

-0.000

0.17

Livestock

-0.02*

0.068

-0.27*

0.24

-0.52

0.21**

0.06

0.18

Number of observations

121

32

39

50

Within R2

0.28

0.53

0.49

019

Between R2

0.81

0.07

0.95

0.87

Overall R2

0.30

0.53

0.5

0.19

  1. Note: ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1 , †model coefficients, ‡standard errors of the coefficient.