Table 7 Panel regression results on the effect of rainfall and temperature on wasting, Ethiopia, 1996–2004

Rainfall during growing season

-0.06

0.10

-0.04

0.17

0.01

0.20

-0.03

0.18

Temperature

-0.14

0.14

0.33

0.26

-0.32

0.24

-0.21

0.23

Quadratic term for rainfall

0.09

0.16

-0.37

0.27

0.31

0.28

0.37

0.29

Per capita crop

-0.04

0.11

0.33

0.18

-0.22

0.20

-0.02

0.18

Livestock

0.11

0.13

0.16

0.22

0.15

0.25

-0.04

0.20

Number of observations

121

32

39

50

Within R²

0.02

0.2

0.50

0.47

Between R²

0.17

0.00

0.81

0.97

Overall R²

0.02

0.2

0.51

0.48