Table 2

Distance to Fault Line and Pre-Earthquake Characteristic Exogeneity

Distance to Fault Line Coefficient
(1)
N
(2)
R2
(3)
Mean
(4)
MDE
(5)
Villages (1998 Village Census)
Total population−18.377
  19.625
1260.1861,988.22255.414
Male population−9.412
  10.037
1260.182989.21428.342
Female population−8.965
  9.623
1260.189999.00827.172
Muslim population−18.273
  19.543
1260.1861,981.73855.182
Literacy rate−0.000
  0.001
1250.401    0.457  0.003
Proportion with primary education−0.002*
  0.001
1260.354    0.389  0.002
Proportion females with secondary education−0.000
  0.000
1260.143    0.025  0.001
Average household size  −0.024**
  0.011
1260.252    6.848  0.031
Number of permanent houses−0.755
  1.259
1200.200127.500  3.555
Number of houses with electricity−2.324
  2.028
1120.130189.670  5.731
Number of houses with potable water−1.269
  0.971
1000.167  60.800  2.749
Village infrastructure index−0.013
  0.009
1260.154    0.397  0.025
Adults 18+ during Survey (2009 Household Census and Survey)
Male height (cm)  0.020
  0.027
2,7350.020167.512  0.075
Female height (cm)   0.046**
  0.023
2,8340.007157.164  0.064
Male age (living)  0.008
  0.010
36,7550.001  36.554  0.028
Female age (living)   0.026**
  0.010
33,2730.002  35.052  0.028
Males completed primary school (living)−0.000
  0.001
44,4950.025    0.636  0.003
Females completed primary school (living)−0.002
  0.001
40,4740.024    0.315  0.004
Male age (deceased)     0.268***
  0.079
1,4590.066  56.883  0.222
Female age (deceased)  0.151*
  0.088
9500.115  45.609  0.248
Males completed primary school (deceased)  0.000
  0.005
750.079    0.280  0.013
Females completed primary school (deceased)−0.004
  0.004
710.074    0.239  0.011
Male age (all)  0.018*
  0.010
38,2140.001  37.330  0.029
Female age (all)   0.024**
  0.009
34,2230.002  35.345  0.026
Males completed primary school (all)−0.000
  0.001
44,5700.025    0.635  0.003
Females completed primary school (all)−0.002
  0.001
40,5450.026    0.315  0.004
Households (2009 Household Survey)
Recall
    Electricity in house    −0.009***
  0.002
2,4560.108    0.854  0.007
    Water in house−0.003
  0.002
2,4560.042    0.445  0.006
    Permanent house−0.003
  0.002
2,4560.103    0.380  0.006
    Distance to closest market (min.)  0.237
  0.336
2,4520.089  54.675  0.948
    Distance to closest water source (min.)  0.056
  0.051
2,4560.030    9.660  0.145
    Distance to closest medical facility (min.)−0.086
  0.290
2,4440.069  57.861  0.820
    Distance to closest private school (min.)−0.112
  0.251
2,3720.039  44.565  0.709
    Distance to closest government school (min.)  0.022
  0.085
2,4540.035  21.047  0.239
Measured
    Distance to closest water source (km)  0.052
  0.035
2,4560.215    3.056  0.098
    Distance to closest health clinic (km)      0.122***
  0.043
2,456  0.344    5.361  0.122
    Distance to closest private school (km)     0.102**
  0.045
2,4560.255    3.355  0.127
    Distance to closest boys school (km)  0.090*
  0.050
2,4560.251    1.131  0.141
    Distance to closest girls school (km)  0.009
  0.023
2,4560.047    1.290  0.064
  • Notes: This table reports the results from a regression specification on pre-earthquake characteristics by distance to the activated fault line. The coefficient on distance to the fault line is reported, along with the number of observations, the R-squared, and the overall mean of the variable. All regressions include controls for distance to the earthquake epicenter, local slope, and district fixed effects. Measured distance to water is replaced by zero when recall survey notes that water was available in the house. For all regressions, we report the absolute value of the minimum detectable effect size at 80 percent power, calculated as the center of the t-distribution for which 80 percent of the probability mass falls outside the critical 5 percent value determined by the standard error and degrees of freedom of the corresponding point estimate.