Measuring socioeconomic gaps in nutrition and early child development in Bolivia

Table 4 Estimated Q1-Q5 gap using alternative SES measures

	Regression Coefficient for Q5
	Consumption	Wealth Index
Height for age z-score (HAZ)	0.962***	0.934***
Weight for age z-score (WAZ)	0.697***	0.665***
Weight for height z-score (WHZ)	0.214***	0.210***
Stunting (HAZ<-2SD)	-0.236***	-0.220***
Underweight (WAZ<-2SD)	-0.013**	-0.010*
Overweight (WHZ>+2SD)	0.046***	0.034***
Anemia (%)	-0.286***	-0.280***
Vitamin A deficiency (%)	-0.085*	-0.167***
Iron deficiency (%)	-0.084**	0.030
Gross motor (z-score)	0.210***	0.176**
Communication (z-score)	0.113	0.174**

Notes: ***significant at the 1% level; ** significant at the 5% level; *significant at the 10% level. OLS Estimation. Controls include child’s sex and a set of child dummies for age categories in months (0-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11, 12-14, 15-17, 18-20, 21-23, 24-26, 27-29, 30-32, 33-35, 36-38, 39-41, 42-44, 45-47, 48-50, 51-53, 54-56, 57-59).

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