Table 1 Summary statistics
From: Socioeconomic gradients in early childhood health: evidence from Bangladesh and Nepal
Variable | Variable definition | Bangladesh | Nepal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | Std. Dev. | Mean | Std. Dev. | ||
HAZ | Height for Age Z Score | –1.673 | 1.404 | –1.656 | 1.389 |
WAZ | Weight for Age Z Score | –1.601 | 1.154 | –1.418 | 1.096 |
Child Specific Variables | |||||
Child’s Age Group | |||||
Age 0–11M | 1 if child is in 0–11 months age group, otherwise 0 | 0.197 | 0.398 | 0.196 | 0.397 |
Age 12–35M | 1 if child is in 12–35 months age group, otherwise 0 | 0.374 | 0.484 | 0.404 | 0.491 |
Age 36–59M | 1 if child is in 36–59 months age group, otherwise 0 | 0.429 | 0.495 | 0.400 | 0.490 |
Male | 1 if child is a boy, otherwise 0 | 0.510 | 0.500 | 0.506 | 0.500 |
Birth Size | 1 if child’s size at birth is below average, otherwise 0 | 0.170 | 0.376 | 0.178 | 0.382 |
Birth Order | Child’s birth order | 2.395 | 1.568 | 2.556 | 1.841 |
Mother Specific Variables | |||||
Mother’s Age | Current age of mother (in years) | 25.531 | 5.885 | 26.758 | 5.996 |
Maternal Education | |||||
No Education | 1 if mother does not have any education, otherwise 0 | 0.201 | 0.401 | 0.469 | 0.499 |
Primary | 1 if mother has attended primary education, otherwise 0 | 0.305 | 0.461 | 0.198 | 0.398 |
Secondary | 1 if mother has attended secondary or higher education, otherwise 0 | 0.493 | 0.500 | 0.332 | 0.471 |
Mother’s Height | Mother’s height (in centimeters) | 150.895 | 5.465 | 151.122 | 5.315 |
Mother’s BMI | Mother’s body mass index | 20.754 | 3.428 | 20.976 | 2.937 |
Father Specific Variables | |||||
Father’s Age | Current age of father (in years) | 34.218 | 7.905 | 31.017 | 7.299 |
Father’s Education | |||||
No Education | 1 if father does not have any education, otherwise 0 | 0.296 | 0.457 | 0.219 | 0.414 |
Primary | 1 if father has attended primary education, otherwise 0 | 0.291 | 0.454 | 0.246 | 0.431 |
Secondary | 1 if father has attended secondary or higher education, otherwise 0 | 0.412 | 0.492 | 0.535 | 0.499 |
Household Specific Variables | |||||
Household Wealth Status | |||||
Richest | 1 if household is in the richest quintile, otherwise 0 | 0.176 | 0.381 | 0.139 | 0.346 |
Richer | 1 if household is in the richer quintile, otherwise 0 | 0.189 | 0.392 | 0.172 | 0.378 |
Middle | 1 if household is in the middle quintile, otherwise 0 | 0.196 | 0.397 | 0.234 | 0.424 |
Poorer | 1 if household is in the poorer quintile, otherwise 0 | 0.204 | 0.403 | 0.202 | 0.401 |
Poorest | 1 if household is in the poorest quintile, otherwise 0 | 0.236 | 0.424 | 0.253 | 0.435 |
Log (Household Size) | Log of Household Size | 1.735 | 0.397 | 1.731 | 0.412 |
Rural | 1 if it is a rural household, otherwise 0 | 0.780 | 0.414 | 0.911 | 0.284 |
Religion | 1 if a Muslim (Hindu) household in Bangladesh (Nepal), otherwise 0 | 0.913 | 0.281 | 0.838 | 0.368 |
Weighted Sample Size | 7505 | 2342 | |||