Variables | Mean | Std. Dev. | min | max |
Dependent variable | ||||
Children with long-term malnutrition | 0.209 | 0.407 | 0 | 1 |
Children without malnutrition | 0.791 | 0.407 | 0 | 1 |
Endogenous explanatory variables | ||||
Maternal fertility = number of children born to a woman | 5.357 | 2.133 | 2 | 14 |
Exogenous explanatory variables | ||||
Age of the child | 29.32 | 17.324 | 0 | 59 |
Age of child squared | 11.598 | 10.434 | 0 | 34.81 |
Male | 0.498 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Girl | 0.502 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
Child with diarrhea | 1.795 | 0.169 | 1.167 | 2.944 |
Age of mother | 28.072 | 9.163 | 15 | 49 |
Age of mother squared | 8.72 | 5.605 | 2.25 | 24.01 |
Mother without education | 0.387 | 0.487 | 0 | 1 |
Mother with primary education | 0.554 | 0.497 | 0 | 1 |
Mother with secondary education and more | 0.059 | 0.235 | 0 | 1 |
Mother with low weight | 0.931 | 0.254 | 0 | 1 |
Mother with normal weight | 0.051 | 0.221 | 0 | 1 |
Poor household | 0.202 | 0.401 | 0 | 1 |
Rich household | 0.21 | 0.407 | 0 | 1 |
Urban area | 0.359 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 |
Rural area | 0.641 | 0.48 | 0 | 1 |
Instrumental variables | ||||
Non-self-cluster mean of fertility | 5.354 | 0.525 | 3.429 | 7 |
Non-self-cluster mean of selection | 0.965 | 0.061 | 0 | 1 |
Simple selection variable | 0.965 | 0.183 | 0 | 1 |
Control function variables | ||||
Residual of fertility | 5.363 | 0.846 | 2.972 | 8.658 |
Fertility residual * fertility | 29.474 | 14.128 | 5.944 | 103.006 |
Inverse Mills ratio | 0.38 | 0.2510202 | 0.0015 | 1.282 |