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Table 7 Decomposition of concentration index for stunting (2000–2014)

From: Examining changes in maternal and child health inequalities in Ethiopia

 

2000

2014

Elasticity

Conc. index

Contribution

Elasticity

Conc. index

Contribution

Child age

1.639

−0.003

−0.004

2.202

−0.011

−0.025

Child age squared

−0.862

−0.004

0.003

−1.168

−0.016

0.018

Sex (Male)

0.028

−0.004

0.000

0.031

0.010

0.000

Birth order

0.010

−0.068

−0.001

−0.048

−0.024

0.001

Wealth index

−0.192

0.142

−0.027

−0.310

0.180

−0.056

Child HH members

0.038

−0.016

−0.001

0.000

−0.033

0.000

HH size

−0.008

−0.025

0.000

0.057

0.005

0.000

Education (mother)

−0.020

0.531

−0.011

−0.037

0.460

−0.017

Education (HH head)

−0.018

0.347

−0.006

−0.026

0.349

−0.009

Residence (urban)

0.010

0.848

0.009

−0.013

0.709

−0.009

Region

.

.

−0.005

.

.

−0.001

Residual

.

.

0.010

.

.

0.055

Total

.

.

−0.033

.

.

−0.042

  1. Notes: Child HH members are household members under 5 years of age. HH size is total household size. Regions are dummies for each region with one reference region (Tigray) omitted from the regressions