Table 2 Estimated effects of the type and duration of early life adversity on health

Type of early life adversity

0.244***

Type of early life adversity (0 as reference)

(0.022)

 One type

0.232***

0.299***

0.184***

(0.058)

(0.103)

(0.071)

 Two types

0.558***

0.593***

0.516***

(0.069)

(0.126)

(0.083)

 Three types

0.642***

0.614***

0.618***

(0.092)

(0.178)

(0.108)

 Four types or more

1.000***

0.899***

1.001***

(0.130)

(0.249)

(0.155)

Duration of starvation in early life (0 as reference)

0.127***

(0.023)

One period

0.134**

0.065

0.168**

(0.062)

(0.111)

(0.076)

Two periods

0.207***

0.241*

0.199**

(0.076)

(0.136)

(0.092)

Three periods

0.397***

0.517***

0.335***

(0.072)

(0.134)

(0.087)

 Native family characteristics

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 Initial health endowment

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 Demographic characteristics

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

 Provincial dummy variable

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

9701

9701

3522

6179

9701

9701

3522

6179

R²

0.045

0.045

0.043

0.045

0.037

0.038

0.038

0.036