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Table 5 Which covariates explain most of the urban-rural gap in malnutrition in Jordan?

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

0.822

*

Wealth index

9.192

0.427

−0.701

8.49

8.841

8.615

8.927

Child is twin (yes)

−1.294

0.475

0.527

−0.768

−1.031

−0.861

−0.787

Mother’s malnourished (yes)

−0.161

0.244

0.047

−0.113

−0.137

−0.122

−0.119

Pregnancy (yes)

0.098

0.636

−0.082

0.016

0.057

0.03

0.033

More than one child under five

0.208

3.83

−0.616

−0.408

−0.1

−0.299

−0.281

Mother’s age (20–24)

−0.098

4.16

1.305

1.206

0.554

0.974

1.116

Mother’s age (25–29)

−0.009

6.067

0.013

0.003

−0.003

0.001

0.003

Mother’s age (30–34)

0.585

8.766

−1.086

−0.501

0.042

−0.308

−0.414

Mother’s age (35–39)

0.176

4.864

−0.336

−0.16

0.008

−0.1

−0.15

Mother’s age (40–44)

0.076

0.854

0.088

0.164

0.12

0.148

0.19

Mother’s age (45–49)

−0.104

0.658

0.18

0.076

−0.014

0.044

0.06

Access to clean water (yes)

−0.052

−6.069

0.587

0.535

0.241

0.43

0.433

Child sex (female)

−0.028

1.796

0.039

0.011

−0.008

0.004

0.005

Child age (one year)

2.362

4.709

−0.967

1.396

1.879

1.568

1.612

Child age (two years)

−0.378

5.794

0.163

−0.214

−0.296

−0.243

−0.247

Child age (three years)

−2.786

1.893

0.604

−2.182

−2.484

−2.29

−2.329

Child age (four years)

−0.997

7.139

0.51

−0.486

−0.742

−0.577

−0.582

Mother’s education (primary)

−0.164

1.755

−0.429

−0.593

−0.378

−0.516

−0.411

Mother’s education ( secondary)

1.24

12.01

2.223

3.463

2.352

3.068

2.663

Mother’s education ( university)

−1.078

11.057

−1.519

−2.597

−1.837

−2.326

−2.081

Received prenatal care

0.041

30.354

0.612

0.653

0.347

0.544

0.481

Mother’s occupation (professional)

−0.378

−2.691

0.834

0.456

0.039

0.308

0.317

Mother’s occupation (sales)

0.301

0.3

−0.232

0.069

0.185

0.11

0.198

Mother’s occupation (agriculture)

0.023

0.237

−0.023

−0.001

0.011

0.003

0.002

Mother’s occupation (manual)

−0.012

0.148

−0.024

−0.036

−0.024

−0.032

−0.034

Risky birth interval (yes)

0.391

0.937

−0.086

0.304

0.348

0.32

0.333

_cons

0

−90.488

0

0

0

0

0