Table 2 Variable definitions and summary statistics
| Number of obs (n): 6101 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of unique children: 3427 | |||
| Variable | Definition |
Mean (Std. Dev.) | Expected Sign |
| Outcome Variables | |||
| Stunting | binary variable =1 if child’s z-score is more than two standard deviations (2sd) below WHO reference mean for height for age |
0.222a
(0.416) | --- |
| Wasting | binary variable =1 if child’s z-score is more than 2sd below WHO reference mean for weight for height |
0.031a
(0.175) | --- |
| Underweight | binary variable =1 if child’s z-score is more than 2sd below WHO reference mean for weight for age |
0.098 (0.297) | --- |
| Covariates | |||
| SBS | staple food spending as a percentage of total household food expenditures |
43.743 (19.579) | (+) |
| Food insecurity | binary variable =1 if hh reported it did not have enough food in one or more months that year, 0 otherwise |
0.331 (0.471) | (+) |
| Spending | Total household spending (100,000 UGX 2011) |
52.580 (73.515) | (−) |
| Household head | binary variable =1 if hh head is male, 0 otherwise |
0.791 (0.407) | --- |
| Average age | The average age of individuals residing in the household |
22.329 (6.465) | --- |
| Household occupants | Number of individuals residing in the household |
5.446 (2.663) | (+) |
| Percent female | Percent of adults in the household that are female |
53.533 (19.180) | (−) |
| Urban | binary variable =1 if dwelling is in an urban area, 0 otherwise |
0.131 (0.337) | (−) |
| Father present | binary variable =1 if father is present in the household, 0 otherwise |
0.722 (0.448) | (−) |
| Mother present | binary variable =1 if mother is present in the household, 0 otherwise |
0.876 (0.330) | (−) |
| Household head educated | binary variable =1 if household head completed at least one year of schooling, 0 otherwise |
0.411 (0.492) | (+) |
| Male | binary variable =1 if child is male, 0 otherwise |
0.503 (0.500) | --- |