Table 5 Panel regression results on the effect of rainfall and temperature on underweight, Ethiopia, 1996–2004

Rainfall during growing season

0.19*

0.10

-0.17

0.21

0.36*

0.20

0.23

0.16

Temperature

-0.12

0.14

-0.29

0.34

0.07

0.23

-0.21

0.23

Quadratic term for rainfall

0.12

0.16

-0.32

0.35

0.21

0.27

0.49*

0.26

Per capita crop

-0.07

0.11

0.10

0.23

-0.21

0.20

-0.05

0.16

Livestock

-0.08

0.12

-0.16

0.28

-0.31

0.24

0.15

0.18

Number of observations

121

32

39

50

Within R²

0.09

0.22

0.22

0.25

Between R²

0.80

0.03

0.45

0.25

Overall R²

0.09

0.22

0.22

0.25