Table 3. Results of gender gaps in...

Table 3.

Results of gender gaps in nutrition by lineage.

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Lineage	Matrilineal	Patrilineal	Matrilineal	Patrilineal
Variable	Height-for-age	Height-for-age	Stunting	Stunting
Male Child	-0.199 ***	-0.147 ***	0.069 ***	0.030
	(0.033)	(0.054)	(0.012)	(0.023)
Child Age	-0.114 ***	-0.086 ***	0.031 ***	0.015 **
	(0.009)	(0.021)	(0.004)	(0.007)
No of children 1–17 years.	-0.025 **	-0.020	0.006 *	0.006
	(0.011)	(0.016)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Mother primary education	0.022	0.168 *	-0.041 **	0.008
	(0.057)	(0.088)	(0.016)	(0.024)
Mother secondary education	0.077	0.243 **	-0.076 ***	-0.035
	(0.071)	(0.096)	(0.021)	(0.039)
Mother higher education	0.239 *	0.524	-0.053	-0.131
	(0.137)	(0.318)	(0.049)	(0.084)
Poor	0.128 **	0.028	-0.048 ***	-0.007
	(0.057)	(0.136)	(0.015)	(0.038)
Middle	0.140 *	0.104	-0.033 *	-0.072
	(0.072)	(0.137)	(0.017)	(0.044)
Richer	0.256 ***	0.200	-0.067 ***	-0.093 ***
	(0.057)	(0.127)	(0.016)	(0.030)
Richest	0.343 ***	0.207	-0.109 ***	-0.080 *
	(0.062)	(0.144)	(0.012)	(0.045)
Protestant	0.037	0.063	-0.023	-0.016
	(0.041)	(0.079)	(0.016)	(0.030)
Muslim	0.183 ***	-0.489 ***	-0.020	0.102
	(0.044)	(0.178)	(0.017)	(0.081)
No-religion	-0.257 ***	-0.124	0.093 ***	0.110 *
	(0.066)	(0.141)	(0.019)	(0.058)
Central region	-0.106	0.021	0.070 *	-0.014
	(0.116)	(0.076)	(0.040)	(0.019)
Southern region	-0.049	0.070	0.049	-0.017
	(0.119)	(0.091)	(0.039)	(0.025)
Borehole	0.033	0.003	-0.014	-0.019
	(0.051)	(0.103)	(0.020)	(0.033)
Protected well	-0.033	-0.103	-0.031	0.053
	(0.063)	(0.186)	(0.020)	(0.047)
Protected spring	-0.143	0.213	0.006	-0.178 ***
	(0.119)	(0.285)	(0.048)	(0.065)
Tanker-truck	-0.398 ***	-0.337	0.032	-0.133
	(0.113)	(0.368)	(0.085)	(0.336)
Surface water	0.185	-0.084	-0.048	0.077
	(0.155)	(0.167)	(0.045)	(0.050)
Pit-ratline	-0.059	-0.544 ***	0.113 *	0.132 **
	(0.330)	(0.160)	(0.066)	(0.049)
No toilet facility	-0.257	-0.849 ***	0.173 ***	0.232 ***
	(0.310)	(0.233)	(0.060)	(0.064)
Constant	-1.473 ***	-1.118 ***	0.240 ***	0.256 ***
	(0.360)	(0.230)	(0.078)	(0.078)
Observations	13,094	3,814	13,620	3,985
R-squared	0.035	0.043	0.030	0.034

	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Lineage	Matrilineal	Patrilineal	Matrilineal	Patrilineal
Variable	Height-for-age	Height-for-age	Stunting	Stunting
Male Child	-0.199 ***	-0.147 ***	0.069 ***	0.030
	(0.033)	(0.054)	(0.012)	(0.023)
Child Age	-0.114 ***	-0.086 ***	0.031 ***	0.015 **
	(0.009)	(0.021)	(0.004)	(0.007)
No of children 1–17 years.	-0.025 **	-0.020	0.006 *	0.006
	(0.011)	(0.016)	(0.003)	(0.005)
Mother primary education	0.022	0.168 *	-0.041 **	0.008
	(0.057)	(0.088)	(0.016)	(0.024)
Mother secondary education	0.077	0.243 **	-0.076 ***	-0.035
	(0.071)	(0.096)	(0.021)	(0.039)
Mother higher education	0.239 *	0.524	-0.053	-0.131
	(0.137)	(0.318)	(0.049)	(0.084)
Poor	0.128 **	0.028	-0.048 ***	-0.007
	(0.057)	(0.136)	(0.015)	(0.038)
Middle	0.140 *	0.104	-0.033 *	-0.072
	(0.072)	(0.137)	(0.017)	(0.044)
Richer	0.256 ***	0.200	-0.067 ***	-0.093 ***
	(0.057)	(0.127)	(0.016)	(0.030)
Richest	0.343 ***	0.207	-0.109 ***	-0.080 *
	(0.062)	(0.144)	(0.012)	(0.045)
Protestant	0.037	0.063	-0.023	-0.016
	(0.041)	(0.079)	(0.016)	(0.030)
Muslim	0.183 ***	-0.489 ***	-0.020	0.102
	(0.044)	(0.178)	(0.017)	(0.081)
No-religion	-0.257 ***	-0.124	0.093 ***	0.110 *
	(0.066)	(0.141)	(0.019)	(0.058)
Central region	-0.106	0.021	0.070 *	-0.014
	(0.116)	(0.076)	(0.040)	(0.019)
Southern region	-0.049	0.070	0.049	-0.017
	(0.119)	(0.091)	(0.039)	(0.025)
Borehole	0.033	0.003	-0.014	-0.019
	(0.051)	(0.103)	(0.020)	(0.033)
Protected well	-0.033	-0.103	-0.031	0.053
	(0.063)	(0.186)	(0.020)	(0.047)
Protected spring	-0.143	0.213	0.006	-0.178 ***
	(0.119)	(0.285)	(0.048)	(0.065)
Tanker-truck	-0.398 ***	-0.337	0.032	-0.133
	(0.113)	(0.368)	(0.085)	(0.336)
Surface water	0.185	-0.084	-0.048	0.077
	(0.155)	(0.167)	(0.045)	(0.050)
Pit-ratline	-0.059	-0.544 ***	0.113 *	0.132 **
	(0.330)	(0.160)	(0.066)	(0.049)
No toilet facility	-0.257	-0.849 ***	0.173 ***	0.232 ***
	(0.310)	(0.233)	(0.060)	(0.064)
Constant	-1.473 ***	-1.118 ***	0.240 ***	0.256 ***
	(0.360)	(0.230)	(0.078)	(0.078)
Observations	13,094	3,814	13,620	3,985
R-squared	0.035	0.043	0.030	0.034

Standard errors in parentheses. *** p<0.01, ** p<0.05, * p<0.1.

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