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Table 4 Decomposition results for weight-for-age scores

From: Socioeconomic-related inequalities in child malnutrition: evidence from the Ghana multiple indicator cluster survey

Variables Estimated Coefficients Concentration Index Percentage Contribution
Place of residence (urban) −0.10598** 0.56550*** 14.35321**
  (0.0484) (0.0153) (5.7306)
Mother’s education attainment    
Primary −0.20461*** 0.27811*** 18.91250***
  (0.0432) (0.0117) (3.5619)
Secondary and above −0.27326*** 0.71319*** 11.81246***
  (0.0797) (0.0195) (3.5961)
Source of antenatal care    
Doctor 0.04265 0.13920*** −0.19195
  (0.1286) (0.0519) (0.6896)
Nurse/Midwife −0.03193 −0.01113*** −0.27925
  (0.0864) (0.0033) (0.7374)
Health insurance −0.04665 0.04766*** 1.03069*
  (0.0392) (0.0109) (0.5464)
Age of child 0.06196*** −0.01097 1.16626
  (0.0133) (0.0073) (0.7819)
Child size at birth    
Very large 0.00318 0.00012 −0.00014
  (0.0528) (0.0135) (0.1967)
Larger than average −0.06838 0.00397 0.10462
  (0.0559) (0.0118) (0.4246)
Household wealth quintile    
Middle −0.07669 0.46955*** 4.24967
  (0.0629) (0.0109) (3.1679)
Rich −0.31811*** 0.80418*** 42.66306***
  (0.0692) (0.0105) (7.0602)
  1. Source: Authors’ computation
  2. Statistical significance were marked as * = p < 0.10, ** =p < 0.05, ***=p < 0.01. Bootstrapped standard errors are reported in parenthesis