Table 1

Summary statistics, international sample

Mean25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile
Panel A: Full Sample 
 Infant mortality rate (IMR) 62.24    
 Height-for-age –1.49 –2.59 –1.53 –0.47 
 Local open defecation 0.35 0.00 0.14 0.72 
 Household open defecation 0.35 0 0 1 
 Population density per km2 443 31 81 239 
 ln(Density) 4.48 3.43 4.39 5.47 
 GDP per capita (USD) 1,079 324 525 1,249 
 Local piped water 0.28 0 0 0.57 
 Local electrification 0.41 0 0.22 0.92 
 Urban 0.33 0 0 1 
 Mother ever attended school 0.61 0 1 1 
 Mother’s age at first birth 19 17 91 21 
 Mother’s height (cm) 130 126 130 134 
  n (IMR: live births) 1,112,465    
  n (height: children under 5) 858,514    
Panel B: Below-Median Local Open Defecation 
 Infant mortality rate 50.98     
 Height-for-age –1.31  –2.32 –1.28 –0.28 
 Local open defecation 0.03  0 0 0.06 
 Household open defecation 0.03  0 0 0 
 Population density per km2 677  39 91 308 
 ln(Density) 4.71 3.66  4.51 5.73 
 GDP per capita (USD) 1,379  360 771 1,718 
 Local piped water 0.59  0.04 0.81 1.00 
 Local electrification 0.41  0.00 0.25 0.88 
 Urban 0.53  0 1 1 
 Mother ever attended school 0.76  1 1 1 
 Mother’s age at first birth 20  17 19 22 
 Mother’s height (cm) 130  127 130 134 
Panel C: Above-Median Local Open Defecation 
 Infant mortality rate 73.39     
 Height-for-age –1.85 –2.95 –1.87 –0.78 
 Local open defecation 0.67 0.40 0.72 0.95 
 Household open defecation 0.66 0 1 1 
 Population density per km2 211 26 72 203 
 ln(Density) 4.25 3.26 4.28 5.31 
 GDP per capita (USD) 780 324 441 783 
 Local piped water 0.24 0 0 0.46 
 Local electrification 0.14 0 0 0.12 
 Urban 0.13 0 0 0 
 Mother ever attended school 0.46 0 0 1 
 Mother’s age at first birth 19 17 18 21 
 Mother’s height (cm) 130 125 130 134 
Mean25th PercentileMedian75th Percentile
Panel A: Full Sample 
 Infant mortality rate (IMR) 62.24    
 Height-for-age –1.49 –2.59 –1.53 –0.47 
 Local open defecation 0.35 0.00 0.14 0.72 
 Household open defecation 0.35 0 0 1 
 Population density per km2 443 31 81 239 
 ln(Density) 4.48 3.43 4.39 5.47 
 GDP per capita (USD) 1,079 324 525 1,249 
 Local piped water 0.28 0 0 0.57 
 Local electrification 0.41 0 0.22 0.92 
 Urban 0.33 0 0 1 
 Mother ever attended school 0.61 0 1 1 
 Mother’s age at first birth 19 17 91 21 
 Mother’s height (cm) 130 126 130 134 
  n (IMR: live births) 1,112,465    
  n (height: children under 5) 858,514    
Panel B: Below-Median Local Open Defecation 
 Infant mortality rate 50.98     
 Height-for-age –1.31  –2.32 –1.28 –0.28 
 Local open defecation 0.03  0 0 0.06 
 Household open defecation 0.03  0 0 0 
 Population density per km2 677  39 91 308 
 ln(Density) 4.71 3.66  4.51 5.73 
 GDP per capita (USD) 1,379  360 771 1,718 
 Local piped water 0.59  0.04 0.81 1.00 
 Local electrification 0.41  0.00 0.25 0.88 
 Urban 0.53  0 1 1 
 Mother ever attended school 0.76  1 1 1 
 Mother’s age at first birth 20  17 19 22 
 Mother’s height (cm) 130  127 130 134 
Panel C: Above-Median Local Open Defecation 
 Infant mortality rate 73.39     
 Height-for-age –1.85 –2.95 –1.87 –0.78 
 Local open defecation 0.67 0.40 0.72 0.95 
 Household open defecation 0.66 0 1 1 
 Population density per km2 211 26 72 203 
 ln(Density) 4.25 3.26 4.28 5.31 
 GDP per capita (USD) 780 324 441 783 
 Local piped water 0.24 0 0 0.46 
 Local electrification 0.14 0 0 0.12 
 Urban 0.13 0 0 0 
 Mother ever attended school 0.46 0 0 1 
 Mother’s age at first birth 19 17 18 21 
 Mother’s height (cm) 130 125 130 134 

Notes: Observations are individual children born alive in the 10 years before the survey. Children are included in the summary statistics sample if they are in either the IMR or the height sample.

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