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Table 5 PSM estimates of homogeneous treatment effects on stunting

From: The impact of food fortification on stunting in Zimbabwe: does gender of the household head matter?

Type of Fortification

Proxy of Food Fortification Adoption

 

Industrial Fortification:

Ever heard about Fortified foods [1 if Yes, 0 if No]

−0.0469 a

(0.011324)

Able to identify fortified foods on the market [1 if Yes, 0 if No]

−0.0208b

(0.009955)

Purchased any fortified food product in the past 30 days [1 if Yes, 0 if No]

− 0.0333a

(0.011683)

Supplementation:

Fed child (6–23 months) meals with micronutrient powders in the past 30 days [1 if Yes, 0 if No]

−0.0273a

(0.018255)

Biofortification:

Ever heard about Bio fortified Crops [1 if Yes, 0 if No]

−0.0356b

(0.017038)

  1. Notes: Sample size is 25,297. Robust standard errors in parentheses. a, b, and a indicate the 1, 5, and 10% levels of significance