Research Article

Armed Conflict and Child Weight in DR Congo

Table 2

Summary statistics.

MeanSDObservations
(1)(2)(3)

Panel A: dependent variables
Weight-for-age Z-Score−1.1961.32710,684
Weight-for-age percentile22.4227.3410,540
Underweight0.2760.44710,684
Weight-for-height Z-Score−0.3671.27510,684
Weight-for-height percentile38.9629.5210,540
Wasting0.0770.26710,684

Panel B: independent variables
Exposure0.2210.41510,684
Mother’s education5.0415.12610,684
Mother’s current age29.256.96310,684
Mother’s age at birth27.346.81210,684
Mother residing in rural0.6740.46810,684
Child’s age in month28.2317.1810,684
Male child0.4950.50010,684
Child’s birth order3.9532.50710,684
Plural birth0.0160.12610,684
Before birth exposure0.1020.30310,684