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Table 1 Difference in selected background characteristics by urban-rural (%)

From: Regional inequalities in child malnutrition in Egypt, Jordan, and Yemen: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis

Variable

Egypt

Jordan

Yemen

 

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Place of delivery: health facility

86.7

93.7

83.5

98.8

98.6

99.3

29.8

49.1

22.6

Women with secondary or higher education

65.7

77

59.6

90.1

91.1

85

12

24.6

6.2

Households using an improved water source

97.8

98.8

97.1

98.9

99.5

96.2

58.8

78.7

49.7

Households with improved. non-shared toilet facilities

76.6

94.3

64.4

99.7

99.8

99.5

44.8

83.4

27.2

Households with electricity

99.8

99.9

99.8

99.5

99.5

99.4

75.6

98.5

65.2

  1. Source: Authors’ compilation based on data from DHS