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Table 5 Average marginal effects from single-level birth weight model, robust Z statistics in parentheses

From: A multilevel analysis of prenatal care and birth weight in Kenya

Variable

Birth weight (grams)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Adequate prenatal care

0.304

10.854

414.087

475.45

2205.127

 

(0.01)

(0.37)

(1.49)

(1.54)

(2.18)

mother’s age at birth of child

-45.88

-22.297

-29.058

-31.103

-31.156

 

(-2.49)

(-1.21)

(-1.51)

(-1.56)

(-1.56)

Square of mother’s age at birth of child

0.724

0.402

0.505

0.536

0.535

 

(2.29)

(1.28)

(1.55)

(1.60)

(1.60)

Urban residence

-61.365

106.096

111.614

114.174

114.346

 

(-1.80)

(2.77)

(2.93)

(2.99)

(2.99)

Primary education

141.552

361.303

358.544

357.8

355.392

 

(2.96)

(6.76)

(6.69)

(6.66)

(6.51)

Secondary education

124.549

651.331

644.921

643.041

648.9

 

(2.33)

(8.18)

(8.04)

(7.97)

(7.97)

Higher education

76.956

731.185

653.588

638.452

612.633

 

(1.29)

(7.88)

(5.86)

(5.43)

(5.17)

Final say on own health care

5.415

12.612

11.388

11.086

9.619

 

(0.17)

(0.41)

(0.37)

(0.36)

(0.31)

First born child

-91.969

112.88

122.041

124.537

126.843

 

(-2.57)

(2.60)

(2.82)

(2.89)

(2.94)

Male child

113.972

134.174

134.26

134.088

135.188

 

(4.41)

(5.21)

(5.21)

(5.20)

(5.24)

Wealth index

-12.379

160.905

163.849

164.254

166.391

 

(-0.92)

(6.97)

(7.09)

(7.12)

(7.15)

Selection residual

 

-1882.118

-2016.37

-2050.817

-2071.41

  

(-9.00)

(-9.04)

(-8.95)

(-8.87)

Prenatal care residual

  

-230.673

-314.384

-352.295

   

(-1.44)

(-1.32)

(-1.43)

Interaction of prenatal care with residual

   

63.038

-3991.354

    

(0.48)

(-1.67)

Square of Interaction of prenatal care with residual

    

3075.525

     

(1.63)

Cube of Interaction of prenatal care with residual

    

-736.606

     

(-1.54)

Number of observations

2,741

2,741

2,741

2,741

2,741