From: Stunting, food security, markets and food policy in Rwanda
Variable | Sample | Not Stunted | Stunted | T-Test | |||
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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 |