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Table 9 Estimated effects of all variables on time spent in different activities

From: Health shocks and child time allocation decisions by households: evidence from Ethiopia

 

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Schooling

Domestic chores

Income-generating work

Mother ill

− 0.098** (0.025)

− 0.033 (0.025)

0.299** (0.025)

− 0.170* (0.071)

Father ill

0.045 (0.027)

− 0.091** (0.032)

0.012 (0.027)

0.276** (0.071)

Highest grade

0.019 (0.017)

0.039* (0.021)

0.024 (0.018)

− 0.098** (0.034)

Child age

0.221* (0.133)

0.085 (0.261)

0.333 (0.238)

0.122** (0.495)

(Child age)2

0.017** (0.001)

− 0.011 (0.008)

0.000 (0.001)

− 0.017** (0.002)

Mother’s education

− 0.040* (0.018)

0.004 (0.017)

0.017 (0.023)

0.099 (0.088)

Biological mother

0.027 (0.045)

0.115** (0.042)

− 0.405** (0.037)

0.429** (0.141)

Mother’s age

− 0.001 (0.004)

− 0.001 (0.005)

− 0.003 (0.005)

0.005 (0.016)

Father’s education

0.049** (0.017)

− 0.015 (0.012)

0.003 (0.018)

− 0.090 (0.064)

Biological father

0.144** (0.035)

0.273** (0.048)

0.164** (0.036)

− 0.874** (0.069)

Father’s age

− 0.007* (0.003)

0.001 (0.004)

− 0.002 (0.003)

0.021 (0.010)

Mother’s power

0.367 (0.247)

− 0.044 (0.225)

0.233 (0.252)

− 1.167* (0.560)

Male head

− 0.097* (0.046)

− 0.139* (0.058)

− 0.049 (0.057)

0.477** (0.144)

Household size

− 0.012 (0.010)

− 0.006 (0.009)

0.001 (0.011)

− 0.038 (0.028)

Wealth index

0.000 (0.131)

0.181 (0.112)

− 0.050 (0.149)

− 0.603 (0.408)

Owns animal

0.081* (0.038)

0.007 (0.034)

− 0.033 (0.037)

0.315 (0.205)

Land size

0.001 (0.001)

− 0.001** (0.000)

0.005* (0.002)

−0.001 (0.001)

Urban

0.075 (0.078)

− 0.137 (0.087)

− 0.002 (0.086)

− 0.074 (0.323)

Illness of another person

0.004 (0.023)

0.004 (0.023)

− 0.049 (0.027)

0.108 (0.064)

Crop failure

− 0.027 (0.026)

− 0.023 (0.028)

− 0.008 (0.026)

0.082 (0.058)

Death of livestock

0.025 (0.025)

− 0.002 (0.026)

− 0.042* (0.025)

− 0.001 (0.059)

Theft

0.018 (0.031)

− 0.008 (0.028)

0.083* (0.032)

0.014 (0.078)

Loss of paid employment

− 0.059* (0.031)

0.082** (0.026)

− 0.023 (0.038)

− 0.112 (0.117)

Forced eviction

0.014 (0.050)

− 0.053 (0.050)

− 0.059 (0.046)

− 0.006 (0.148)

Social group

0.027 (0.051)

0.029 (0.062)

− 0.016 (0.046)

− 0.022 (0.126)

Microfinance

− 0.053** (0.055)

0.017 (0.048)

− 0.167** (0.051)

0.263* (0.131)

Drought

−0.109 (0.028)

0.038 (0.032)

− 0.107** (0.030)

0.158* (0.080)

Flood

0.022 (0.026)

0.001 (0.027)

− 0.037 (0.027)

0.009 (0.076)

Health centre access

− 0.018 (0.030)

0.053 (0.035)

− 0.224** (0.033)

− 0.083 (0.106)

  1. Standard errors appear in parentheses. A double asterisk (**) beside a parameter indicates that it is significantly different from zero at the 1% level; a single asterisk (*) indicates significance at the 5% level.