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Table 3 Household head gender association with household HIV/AIDS status

From: Gender dimensions of the impact of HIV/AIDS on stunting in children under five years in Zimbabwe

 

Household has an HIV positive member

VARIABLES

Logit

Probit

 

(I)

(II)

Household head is female

0.0790

0.00992

 

(0.0855)

(0.00737)

Household head age [Years]

0.0141***

0.00167***

 

(0.00233)

(0.000289)

Married living together

−0.712***

− 0.0729***

 

(0.176)

(0.0226)

Married living apart

−0.734***

−0.0756***

 

(0.204)

(0.0243)

Primary level

0.223**

0.0262*

 

(0.102)

(0.0148)

ZJC level

0.454***

0.0506***

 

(0.121)

(0.0168)

O′ level

0.0112

0.00546

 

(0.120)

(0.0150)

A’ level

−0.294

−0.00609

 

(0.240)

(0.0187)

Diploma/Certificate after primary

−0.727

−0.0462

 

(0.630)

(0.0349)

Diploma/Certificate after secondary

−0.739***

−0.0351*

 

(0.283)

(0.0182)

Graduate/Post-Graduate

−0.704**

−0.0299

 

(0.343)

(0.0195)

Protestant

0.0648

0.00669

 

(0.145)

(0.0147)

Pentecostal

0.164

0.0166

 

(0.124)

(0.0126)

Apostolic Sect

0.0144

0.00164

 

(0.120)

(0.0124)

Zion

0.184

0.0217

 

(0.142)

(0.0161)

Islam

−0.0501

−0.00259

 

(0.370)

(0.0349)

No religion

0.351***

0.0373***

 

(0.135)

(0.0145)

Household size

0.105***

0.0136***

 

(0.0239)

(0.00313)

Monthly income

−0.0938***

−0.00994***

 

(0.0250)

(0.00266)

Mentally ill household members

0.0976

0.0153

 

(0.0666)

(0.00976)

Household members with mother alive

0.0648*

0.0140**

 

(0.0392)

(0.00621)

Household members with father alive

−0.127***

−0.0231***

 

(0.0334)

(0.00564)

Household is located in rural areas

0.174*

0.0177*

 

(0.0903)

(0.00910)

Constant

−2.340***

0.0739**

 

(0.325)

(0.0365)

Observations

12,162

12,162

R-squared

 

0.069

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1