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Table 5 Breastfeeding status, including controls for household wealth (2011 only)

From: Violent conflict and breastfeeding: the case of Iraq

VARIABLES

Ever breastfed

Breastfed one hour after birth

Exclusively breastfeeding

(< 6 months)

Currently breastfeeding (all ages)

Currently breastfeeding

(< 6 months)

Currently breastfeeding

(6–24 months)

Average casualty rate

−0.429**

− 0.260

− 0.663

− 0.420***

−0.515**

− 0.434***

(0.206)

(0.501)

(0.495)

(0.0955)

(0.221)

(0.115)

[−0.0544]

[−0.103]

[− 0.179]

[− 0.152]

[−0.0927]

[− 0.170]

Wealth

 Quintile 1

−0.0480

0.190*

0.0227

0.102*

0.121

0.137**

(0.0837)

(0.0987)

(0.140)

(0.0539)

(0.107)

(0.0594)

[−0.00615]

[0.0752]

[0.00616]

[0.0365]

[0.0213]

[0.0533]

 Quintile 2

0.0177

0.0590

0.150

0.0847

0.109

0.0738

(0.0863)

(0.0668)

(0.118)

(0.0532)

(0.109)

(0.0503)

[0.00223]

[0.0234]

[0.0419]

[0.0302]

[0.0189]

[0.0288]

 Quintile 3

0.00291

0.0325

0.0334

0.0105

0.00765

0.0237

(0.0885)

(0.0858)

(0.119)

(0.0396)

(0.0800)

(0.0447)

[0.000368]

[0.0129]

[0.00912]

[0.00377]

[0.00137]

[0.00926]

 Quintile 4

0.0364

−0.0434

0.0356

−0.00290

0.0272

− 0.0213

(0.0618)

(0.0426)

(0.122)

(0.0542)

(0.109)

(0.0469)

[0.00453]

[−0.0171]

[0.00973]

[−0.00105]

[0.00483]

[−0.00835]

Other controls

 Health

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Individual / Household

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Regional

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

 Constant

2.019***

0.276

−0.732***

0.999***

1.588***

0.394**

(0.126)

(0.169)

(0.279)

(0.112)

(0.330)

(0.157)

 Observations

12,653

11,646

3437

11,525

3437

8093

  1. Robust standard errors in parentheses, clustered at level of governorate. Marginal effects in brackets, evaluated at the mean. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. All regressions use the same set of controls as in Table 3. Highest wealth quintile omitted