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

Nutrition Journal

Table 6 PSM estimates of gender heterogeneous treatment effects on stunting

Type of Fortification	Proxy of Food Fortification Adoption	Household head is Female	Household head is Male
		(I)	(II)
Industrial Fortification:	Ever heard about Fortified foods [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	− 0.0451^b	− 0.0255^c
	Ever heard about Fortified foods [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	(0.02235)	(0. 01298)
	Able to identify fortified foods on the market [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	−0.0379^c	− 0.0225^c
		(0. 02060)	(0.01142)
	Purchased any fortified food product in the past 30 days [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	−0.0602^a	−0.0187
		(0.02357)	(0.01336)
Supplementation:	Fed child (6–23 months) meals with micronutrient powders in the past 30 days [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	−0.0798^b	− 0.0239
Supplementation:		(0.03762)	(0.0208)
Biofortification:	Ever heard about Bio fortified Crops [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	−0.0942^b	−0.0415^b
Biofortification:	Ever heard about Bio fortified Crops [1 if Yes, 0 if No]	(0.03576)	(0.01969)

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

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