Exposure to conflict and child health outcomes: evidence from a large multi-country study

Table 2 Descriptive statistics

Variables	Mean	Std. Dev
Outcome variables: child health measures
Height-for-age Z-score (HAZ)	− 1.354	1.610
Weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ)	− 0.949	1.297
Stunting (HAZ < − 2)	0.349	0.477
Underweight (WAZ < − 2)	0.205	0.403
Immunization (received full set of 8 recommended vaccines)	0.432	0.495
Explanatory variables: conflict measures
Conflict1	0.408	0.491
Conflict2	0.970	1.693
Conflict3
Conflict3_cat1	0.132	0.338
Conflict3_cat2	0.131	0.338
Conflict3_cat3	0.131	0.338
Conflict4	0.232	0.422
Conflict5	0.271	0.444
Control variables: characteristics of children, mothers, and households
Child's age (months)	29.063	17.193
Child is male	0.505	0.500
Child is multiple birth	0.024	0.153
Birth order number	2.650	1.204
Mother's age (years)	28.594	6.646
Mother's height (cm)	156.186	6.975
Mother’s age at 1st birth	19.571	3.984
Mother’s age at 1st cohabitation	18.460	4.117
Mother is using contraception	0.422	0.494
Mother’s education: primary	0.301	0.459
Mother’s education: secondary	0.287	0.452
Mother’s education: higher secondary	0.069	0.254
Household head's age (years)	40.749	13.037
Male household head	0.875	0.331
Household size	6.710	3.468
Rural	0.683	0.465
Household has access to piped water	0.278	0.448
Household uses flush toilet	0.283	0.450
Wealth: poorer quintile	0.213	0.409
Wealth: middle quintile	0.204	0.403
Wealth: richer quintile	0.192	0.394
Wealth: richest quintile	0.167	0.373
Percentage of households in the poorest wealth quintile at provincial level	19.867	12.552
Observations	590,488

Mean variables estimated using de-normalized woman sampling weights are reported

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