Table 4 Decomposition results for weight-for-age scores

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)