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Table 4 Estimated effects of explanatory variables on the anemia from fixed and random-effect models

From: Effect of change in individual and household level characteristics on anemia prevalence among adolescent boys and girls in India

Variables

Adolescent boys (10–19)

Adolescent girls (10–19)

Fixed-effect

Random-effect

Fixed-effect

Random-effect

Household environment

Source of drinking water

  Others

0.04(-0.08,0.15)

0.01(-0.07,0.09)

0.01(-0.13,0.16)

-0.04(-0.15,0.06)

  Piped

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Source of cooking fuel

  Unclean

-0.01(-0.07,0.05)

-0.01(-0.05,0.03)

-0.01(-0.08,0.07)

0.02(-0.03,0.07)

  Clean

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

Type of toilet facility

  Own flush/pit

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Shared flush/toilet

0.11*(-0.19,-0.02)

0.05*(0.01,0.08)

0.02(-0.07,0.11)

0.02(-0.04,0.08)

  Others

0.01(-0.04,0.07)

0.02(-0.02,0.06)

0.01(-0.06,0.08)

0.01(-0.04,0.05)

Individual characteristics

  Age

0.06(0,0.13)

0.01(-0.01,0.01)

-0.03(-0.12,0.05)

0.02*(0.01,0.03)

  Schooling

-0.01(-0.04,0.01)

-0.02*(-0.03,-0.01)

0.01(-0.03,0.03)

0.01(-0.01,0)

Underweight

  No

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Yes

0.05(-0.01,0.11)

0.05*(0.01,0.09)

0.02(-0.05,0.08)

0.01(-0.03,0.05)

Thinness

  No

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Yes

0.02(-0.04,0.09)

0.04*(0,0.07)

-0.06(-0.14,0.03)

-0.02(-0.07,0.03)

Consumption of IFA tablets

  No

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  Yes

-0.01(-0.06,0.04)

0.01(-0.04,0.03)

0.01(-0.05,0.06)

0.01(-0.02,0.05)

Household characteristics

Wealth index

  Poorest

 

0.08*(0.02,0.14)

 

-0.02(-0.09,0.06)

  Poorer

 

0.03(-0.03,0.08)

 

0.01(-0.07,0.07)

  Middle

 

0.05*(-0.01,0.1)

 

-0.03(-0.09,0.04)

  Richer

 

0.04*(-0.01,0.08)

 

-0.02(-0.07,0.04)

  Richest

 

Ref

 

Ref

Religion

  Hindu

 

Ref

 

Ref

  Non-Hindu

 

-0.04(-0.08,0)

 

-0.01(-0.05,0.04)

Caste

  SC/ST

 

Ref

 

Ref

  Non-SC/ST

 

-0.02(-0.06,0.01)

 

-0.01(-0.05,0.03)

Place of residence

  Urban

 

Ref

 

Ref

  Rural

 

0.05*(0.02,0.09)

 

-0.02(-0.06,0.03)

States

  Uttar Pradesh

 

Ref

 

Ref

  Bihar

 

-0.06*(-0.09,-0.03)

 

0.05*(0.01,0.08)

Year

  2015–16

Ref

Ref

Ref

Ref

  2018–19

-0.15(-0.35,0.05)

0.04*(0.01,0.07)

0.18(-0.07,0.42)

0.05*(0.01,0.08)

  Sigma_u

0.408

0.167

0.425

0.229

  Sigma_e

0.404

0.405

0.429

0.430

  rho

0.505

0.146

0.495

0.220

  F-stat

1.68

 

2.79**

 

  Wald chi-square

163.54***

  

48.3***

  Haussmann test

11.72

6.67

  1. *if p < 0.10, **if p < 0.05, ***if p < 0.001
  2. Ref Reference, BMI Body mass index, SC/ST Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, IFA Iron folic acid, wave-1 2015–16