betasch_xw

Cross-sectional child weight, beta version

Datafile

schild_w

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.01	0	0.011856449	17.886269	1.2	1416

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
1.02	0	0.0023419154	17.275967	1.27	2870

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.99	0	0.0022525527	17.195303	1.2	2987

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.95	0	0.008658026	17.53794	1.21	3291

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.94	0	0	18.149797	1.23	3340

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
0.82	0	0.0026350792	19.121607	1.02	4627

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