Table 4 Logit Estimations Results (Dependent variable is Stunting: Clustered Std. Errors)
From: Stunting, food security, markets and food policy in Rwanda
Stunted | All Subjects (between 3 and 24 months) | Male Subjects | Female Subjects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coef. | dydx | Coef. | dydx | Coef. | dydx | ||||
Child Variables | |||||||||
Male (1 = M,0 = F) | 1.314 | 0.197 | *** | ||||||
Age in months | 0.364 | 0.055 | *** | 0.384 | 0.058 | *** | 0.371 | 0.052 | *** |
Ill in past 2wks (1 = Y,0 = N) | −0.153 | −0.023 | −0.257 | − 0.039 | − 0.099 | − 0.014 | |||
Weight (kilograms) | −1.329 | − 0.199 | *** | −1.435 | − 0.218 | *** | − 1.259 | − 0.176 | *** |
Household Variables | |||||||||
Acceptable FCS (1 = Y,0 = N) | −0.586 | −0.088 | *** | −0.465 | − 0.071 | −0.831 | − 0.116 | *** | |
Primary ed. (1 = Y,0 = N) | −0.322 | −0.048 | − 0.205 | −0.031 | − 0.459 | −0.064 | |||
Secondary ed. + (1 = Y,0 = N) | − 0.822 | −0.123 | ** | −0.938 | − 0.142 | −0.923 | − 0.129 | * | |
Mother’s age in years | 0.005 | 0.001 | −0.012 | −0.002 | 0.017 | 0.002 | |||
Mother’s MUAC (in MMs) | 0.0035 | 0.0004 | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Mother’s height (M) | −0.019 | −0.003 | −0.017 | − 0.003 | * | − 0.016 | −0.002 | ||
Size of household | 0.041 | 0.006 | 0.054 | 0.008 | 0.047 | 0.007 | |||
Marriage status HH (1 = Y,0 = N) | −0.35 | −0.053 | 0.073 | 0.011 | −0.749 | −0.105 | ** | ||
Have garden (1 = Y,0 = N) | 0.43 | 0.065 | ** | 0.344 | 0.052 | 0.536 | 0.075 | * | |
Have livestock (1 = Y,0 = N) | 0.034 | 0.005 | −0.434 | −0.066 | 0.634 | 0.089 | * | ||
HH per-person food expend’sa | 0.021 | 0.003 | −0.047 | −0.007 | 0.115 | 0.016 | |||
HH per-person non-food expend’sa | −0.001 | −0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −0.0036 | −0.001 | |||
Environmental Variables | |||||||||
Altitude (1000 m) | 0.499 | 0.075 | * | 0.455 | 0.069 | 0.559 | 0.078 | ||
Distance to main road (1000 m) | −0.024 | − 0.004 | −0.053 | − 0.008 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |||
Distance to market (1000 m) | −2.280 | −0.342 | − 2.898 | − 0.439 | −1.696 | −0.237 | |||
Road to market accessible (1 = Y,0 = N) | −0.408 | −0.061 | * | −0.574 | − 0.087 | * | − 0.016 | −0.002 | |
Soil fertility index (0?-100?) | 2.351 | 0.353 | * | 3.641 | 0.553 | * | 0.647 | 0.09 | |
Policy Variables | |||||||||
Land Consolidation (1 = Y,0 = N) | −0.265 | −0.039 | −0.414 | − 0.063 | −0.176 | − 0.025 | |||
IDP Model Village (1 = Y,0 = N) | 0.407 | 0.061 | * | 0.323 | 0.049 | 0.492 | 0.069 | ||
Constant | 6.673 | na | ** | 8.282 | na | *** | 5.895 | na | |
Number of obs | 770 | 384 | 386 | ||||||
Wald Chi2 | 180.00 | *** | 93.98 | *** | 84.26 | *** | |||
Pseudo R2 | 0.310 | 0.325 | 0.318 | ||||||