Table 2. Summary statistics. Lineage... | Emerald Publishing

Table 2.

Summary statistics.

Lineage	Matrilineal		Patrilineal
Variables	mean	SD	mean	SD	Difference
Male child	0.50	0.50	0.51	0.50	0.01
Height-for-age	-1.75	1.44	-1.64	1.42	0.11***
Stunting	0.40	0.49	0.37	0.48	-0.03***
Child Age	2.01	1.39	2.02	1.39	0.01
Number of children 1–17yrs.	3.10	1.72	3.27	1.94	0.16***
Male head	0.79	0.40	0.81	0.39	0.02*
Uneducated mother	0.14	0.34	0.11	0.31	-0.03***
Primary mother	0.71	0.45	0.67	0.47	-0.04***
Secondary mother	0.14	0.35	0.20	0.40	0.06***
Higher mother	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.12	0.00*
Chewa	0.40	0.49	0.00	0.00	-0.40***
Tumbuka	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.50	0.47***
Lomwe	0.25	0.43	0.00	0.00	-0.25***
Tonga	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.37	0.16***
Yao	0.19	0.39	0.00	0.00	-0.19***
Sena	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.44	0.27***
Nkhonde	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.27	0.08***
Ngoni	0.16	0.37	0.03	0.16	-0.14***
Catholic	0.18	0.39	0.13	0.34	-0.05***
Protestant	0.58	0.49	0.83	0.37	0.25***
Muslim	0.19	0.39	0.01	0.11	-0.18***
No-religion	0.04	0.20	0.02	0.15	-0.02***
North	0.02	0.14	0.62	0.49	0.60***
Central	0.44	0.50	0.10	0.30	-0.34***
South	0.54	0.50	0.28	0.45	-0.26***
Poorest	0.25	0.43	0.14	0.35	-0.11***
Second	0.23	0.42	0.18	0.38	-0.05***
Middle	0.21	0.41	0.22	0.41	0.01
Fourth	0.16	0.37	0.24	0.42	0.07***
Richest	0.14	0.34	0.20	0.40	0.06***
Piped water	0.16	0.37	0.20	0.40	0.04***
Borehole water	0.65	0.48	0.63	0.48	-0.01
Protected well	0.15	0.36	0.10	0.30	-0.05***
Protected spring	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.09	0.00
Tanker-Truck	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.02	0.00
Surface water	0.03	0.17	0.06	0.24	0.03***
Flush	0.01	0.11	0.02	0.15	0.01***
Pit-latrine	0.93	0.26	0.91	0.29	-0.02***
No toilet	0.06	0.24	0.07	0.25	0.01
Observations	13757		4011

Lineage	Matrilineal		Patrilineal
Variables	mean	SD	mean	SD	Difference
Male child	0.50	0.50	0.51	0.50	0.01
Height-for-age	-1.75	1.44	-1.64	1.42	0.11***
Stunting	0.40	0.49	0.37	0.48	-0.03***
Child Age	2.01	1.39	2.02	1.39	0.01
Number of children 1–17yrs.	3.10	1.72	3.27	1.94	0.16***
Male head	0.79	0.40	0.81	0.39	0.02*
Uneducated mother	0.14	0.34	0.11	0.31	-0.03***
Primary mother	0.71	0.45	0.67	0.47	-0.04***
Secondary mother	0.14	0.35	0.20	0.40	0.06***
Higher mother	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.12	0.00*
Chewa	0.40	0.49	0.00	0.00	-0.40***
Tumbuka	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.50	0.47***
Lomwe	0.25	0.43	0.00	0.00	-0.25***
Tonga	0.00	0.00	0.16	0.37	0.16***
Yao	0.19	0.39	0.00	0.00	-0.19***
Sena	0.00	0.00	0.27	0.44	0.27***
Nkhonde	0.00	0.00	0.08	0.27	0.08***
Ngoni	0.16	0.37	0.03	0.16	-0.14***
Catholic	0.18	0.39	0.13	0.34	-0.05***
Protestant	0.58	0.49	0.83	0.37	0.25***
Muslim	0.19	0.39	0.01	0.11	-0.18***
No-religion	0.04	0.20	0.02	0.15	-0.02***
North	0.02	0.14	0.62	0.49	0.60***
Central	0.44	0.50	0.10	0.30	-0.34***
South	0.54	0.50	0.28	0.45	-0.26***
Poorest	0.25	0.43	0.14	0.35	-0.11***
Second	0.23	0.42	0.18	0.38	-0.05***
Middle	0.21	0.41	0.22	0.41	0.01
Fourth	0.16	0.37	0.24	0.42	0.07***
Richest	0.14	0.34	0.20	0.40	0.06***
Piped water	0.16	0.37	0.20	0.40	0.04***
Borehole water	0.65	0.48	0.63	0.48	-0.01
Protected well	0.15	0.36	0.10	0.30	-0.05***
Protected spring	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.09	0.00
Tanker-Truck	0.00	0.04	0.00	0.02	0.00
Surface water	0.03	0.17	0.06	0.24	0.03***
Flush	0.01	0.11	0.02	0.15	0.01***
Pit-latrine	0.93	0.26	0.91	0.29	-0.02***
No toilet	0.06	0.24	0.07	0.25	0.01
Observations	13757		4011

Source: Authors own calculations from MES 2014 data