Table 9

Demand Side Shocks and Human Capital: Child Health

(1)
Weight for age z-score		(2)
Height for age z-score
Exposed to violent events in his/her year −2−0.064
(0.112)		−0.095
(0.096)
Exposed to violent events in his/her year −1−0.170
(0.100)*		−0.144
(0.098)
Exposed to violent events in his/her year 00.079
(0.122)		0.003
(0.126)
Exposed to violent events in his/her year 1−0.034
(0.114)		−0.183
(0.109)*
Exposed to violent events in his/her year 20.142
(0.096)		−0.089
(0.101)
Exposed to violent events in his/her year 3−0.024
(0.091)		−0.073
(0.091)
Exposed to violent events in his/her year 40.122
(0.101)		0.078
(0.093)
Gender−0.026
(0.041)		−0.074
(0.049)
Constant−1.571
(1.128)		−7.140
(1.081)***
Household fixed effectsYesYes
Year of birth fixed effectsYesYes
Province specific cubic trendYesYes
Observations7,6967,696
R-squared0.270.33

  • ↵* Significant at 10 percent; ** significant at 5 percent;

  • ↵*** significant at 1 percent. Standard errors clustered at the district of birth level in parentheses. The sample includes all children between zero and five years old interviewed at the DHS 1992.