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Table 4 Which covariates explain most of the urban-rural gap in malnutrition in Yemen?

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

Variables

E(D = 0)

C

CE

1

0.5

0.294

*

Wealth index

49.172

−10.087

33.222

82.394

65.783

58.927

50.304

Child is twin (yes)

−0.55

0.315

0.224

−0.326

−0.438

−0.484

−0.431

Mother’s malnourished (yes)

1.313

−1.389

0.793

2.107

1.71

1.546

1.553

Pregnancy (yes)

−0.114

−3.123

0.694

0.58

0.233

0.089

0.105

more than one child under five

−0.331

−0.219

0.062

−0.269

−0.3

−0.313

−0.297

Mother’s age (20–24)

0.032

−1.995

−0.016

0.017

0.024

0.028

0.029

Mother’s age (25–29)

0.645

−0.103

−0.011

0.634

0.639

0.641

0.677

Mother’s age (30–34)

0.076

−2.793

−0.029

0.047

0.062

0.068

0.07

Mother’s age (35–39)

−0.231

−2.035

0.093

−0.138

−0.185

−0.204

−0.209

Mother’s age (40–44)

−0.302

0.465

−0.057

−0.359

−0.33

−0.319

−0.331

Mother’s age (45–49)

−0.891

−0.461

0.245

−0.645

−0.768

−0.819

−0.841

Access to clean water (yes)

0.442

4.305

−0.835

−0.393

0.025

0.197

0.179

Child sex (female)

−0.112

1.711

−0.043

−0.155

−0.134

−0.125

−0.128

Child age (one year)

0.498

5.436

−0.144

0.354

0.426

0.455

0.452

Child age (two years)

0.936

13.39

−0.404

0.532

0.734

0.817

0.813

Child age (three years)

−1.039

7.489

0.261

−0.777

−0.908

−0.962

−0.958

Child age (four years)

−2.187

6.607

0.492

−1.695

−1.941

−2.043

−2.036

Mother’s education (primary)

0.449

−0.188

−0.128

0.32

0.385

0.411

0.313

Mother’s education (fundamental)

1.091

3.25

1.599

2.691

1.891

1.561

1.63

Mother’s education (diploma before secondary)

0.183

0.019

0.109

0.291

0.237

0.215

0.201

Mother’s education ( secondary)

1.786

0.208

0.507

2.293

2.039

1.935

1.987

Mother’s education ( diploma after secondary)

0.102

0.076

0.154

0.256

0.179

0.147

0.201

Mother’s education ( university)

3.392

−0.093

−1.077

2.315

2.854

3.076

2.386

Received prenatal care

2.772

1.955

0.599

3.37

3.071

2.948

2.671

Mother’s occupation (professional)

1.632

−0.323

−1.149

0.483

1.057

1.294

0.881

Mother’s occupation (sales)

0.097

−0.098

−0.356

−0.259

−0.081

−0.007

−0.138

Mother’s occupation (agriculture)

0.249

7.367

−7.273

−7.024

−3.387

−1.887

0.193

Mother’s occupation (manual)

−0.018

0.244

0.118

0.1

0.041

0.017

0.014

have a toilet (yes)

0.789

−7.191

−5.602

−4.813

−2.012

−0.856

−0.231

Risky birth interval (yes)

1.59

1.959

−0.457

1.133

1.361

1.455

1.446

_cons

0

−50.465

0

0

0

0

0