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Table 3 Summary Statistics and T-Tests

From: Stunting, food security, markets and food policy in Rwanda

Variable

Sample

Not Stunted

Stunted

T-Test

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Pr(|T| < |t|) = 0

Child Variables

 Stunted (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.38

(0.48)

na

 

na

 

na

 Male (1 = M,0 = F)

0.50

(0.50)

0.45

(0.50)

0.57

(0.50)

0.00

 Age in months

14.74

(5.14)

14.05

(5.09)

15.88

(5.03)

0.00

 Ill in past 2wks (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.52

(0.50)

0.51

(0.50)

0.53

(0.50)

0.51

 Weight (kilograms)

9.17

(1.64)

9.51

(1.67)

8.62

(1.44)

0.00

Household Variables

 Acceptable FCS (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.78

(0.42)

0.81

(0.39)

0.72

(0.45)

0.00

 Primary ed. (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.58

(0.49)

0.60

(0.49)

0.55

(0.50)

0.20

 Secondary ed. + (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.09

(0.29)

0.11

(0.31)

0.06

(0.24)

0.02

 Mother’s age in years

29.13

(7.43)

29.10

(7.39)

29.18

(7.50)

0.88

 Mother’s MUAC (in MMs)

259.9

(26.00)

261.5

(27.29)

257.2

(23.50)

0.02

 Mother’s height (M)

155.0

(13.36)

156.3

(12.46)

152.8

(14.50)

0.00

 Size of household

5.46

(2.19)

5.47

(2.15)

5.44

(2.26)

0.86

 Marriage status HH (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.82

(0.39)

0.83

(0.37)

0.80

(0.40)

0.24

 Have garden (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.62

(0.48)

0.62

(0.49)

0.63

(0.48)

0.85

 Have livestock (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.74

(0.44)

0.74

(0.44)

0.74

(0.44)

0.77

 HH per-person food expend’s

2.89

(3.2)

2.98

(3.4)

2.75

(2.8)

0.32

 HH per-person non-food expend’s

57.77

(162.0)

68.15

(197.1)

40.60

(70.6)

0.01

Environmental Variables

 Altitude (meters)

1.75

(0.3)

1.73

(0.3)

1.79

(0.3)

0.01

 Distance to main road (meters)

4.22

(3.9)

4.30

(4.1)

4.08

(3.6)

0.43

 Distance to market (meters)

0.08

(0.06)

0.08

(0.06)

0.1

(0.06)

0.55

 Road to market accessible (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.74

(0.44)

0.75

(0.43)

0.72

(0.45)

0.35

 Soil fertility index (0?-100?)

0.45

(0.07)

0.45

(0.07)

0.46

(0.07)

0.10

Policy Variables

 Land Consolidation (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.62

(0.48)

0.63

(0.48)

0.61

(0.49)

0.67

 IDP Model Village (1 = Y,0 = N)

0.20

(0.40)

0.19

(0.39)

0.22

(0.41)

0.32

 N

770

 

480

 

290

 

na