From: Trends and predictors of inequality in childhood stunting in Nepal from 1996 to 2016
Variables | Marginal effect | Weighted mean (1996: Meanstunted = 0.553; 2016: Meanstunted = 0.337) | Concentration Index (C) (1996: Cstunted = − 0.082;2016: Cstunted = − 0.138) | Absolute contribution | Percentage contribution (%) | Change | |||||||
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1996 | P value | 2016 | P value | 1996 | 2016 | 1996 | 2016 | 1996 | 2016 | 1996 | 2016 | ||
Mother’s education | |||||||||||||
 Primary | −0.030 | 0.331 | − 0.048 | 0.173 | 0.113 | 0.186 | 0.157 | −0.179 | − 0.0010 | 0.0048 | 1.2 | −3.7 | −4.9 |
 Secondary and above | −0.085* | 0.020 | −0.023 | 0.558 | 0.099 | 0.480 | 0.575 | 0.191 | −0.0087 | −0.0062 | 11.0 | 4.7 | −6.3 |
Sub-total | −0.0097 | − 0.0014 | 12.2 | 1.1 | − 11.1 | ||||||||
Husband/Partner’s education | |||||||||||||
 Primary | −0.035 | 0.143 | 0.015 | 0.725 | 0.244 | 0.231 | −0.070 | −0.257 | 0.0011 | −0.0027 | −1.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
 Secondary and above | −0.035 | 0.172 | 0.039 | 0.418 | 0.389 | 0.624 | 0.243 | 0.153 | −0.0059 | 0.0110 | 7.4 | 0.8 | −6.6 |
Sub-total | −0.0048 | 0.0083 | 6.1 | 2.9 | −3.2 | ||||||||
Maternal short stature (< 145 cm) | 0.137* | < 0.001 | 0.253* | < 0.001 | 0.150 | 0.114 | −0.007 | − 0.089 | − 0.0002 | − 0.0077 | 0.3 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
Mother’s BMI | |||||||||||||
 Normal (18.5 to < 25) | −0.018 | 0.446 | −0.069* | 0.042 | 0.711 | 0.634 | −0.006 | −0.046 | 0.0001 | 0.0060 | −0.2 | −4.6 | −4.4 |
 Overweight/Obese (≥25) | −0.065 | 0.344 | −0.148* | 0.003 | 0.018 | 0.176 | 0.350 | 0.285 | −0.0007 | −0.0221 | 0.9 | 16.9 | 16.0 |
Sub-total | −0.0006 | −0.0161 | 0.7 | 12.3 | 11.6 | ||||||||
Antenatal care visits | −0.002 | 0.930 | −0.040 | 0.532 | 0.438 | 0.943 | 0.172 | 0.023 | −0.0002 | −0.0025 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 1.6 |
Delivery in health facility | −0.046 | 0.157 | −0.007 | 0.806 | 0.082 | 0.573 | 0.573 | 0.179 | −0.0039 | −0.0021 | 4.8 | 1.6 | −3.2 |
Children aged 25–59 months | 0.172* | < 0.001 | 0.109* | < 0.001 | 0.272 | 0.502 | 0.005 | 0.019 | 0.0004 | 0.0031 | −0.5 | −2.4 | −1.9 |
Birth order | |||||||||||||
 2nd - 4th | 0.076* | 0.001 | 0.070* | 0.021 | 0.525 | 0.574 | 0.006 | −0.009 | 0.0005 | −0.0011 | − 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
 5 or more | 0.109* | < 0.001 | 0.130* | 0.007 | 0.254 | 0.093 | −0.154 | − 0.281 | − 0.0077 | −0.0101 | 9.7 | 7.7 | −2.0 |
Sub-total | −0.0072 | −0.0112 | 9.1 | 8.6 | −0.5 | ||||||||
Breast fed children | −0.189 | 0.511 | −0.186 | 0.150 | 0.998 | 0.993 | −0.001 | −0.0004 | 0.0002 | 0.0002 | −0.2 | −0.2 | 0.0 |
Perceived size of baby at birth | |||||||||||||
 Average | 0.052* | 0.014 | 0.032 | 0.311 | 0.431 | 0.672 | 0.021 | 0.020 | 0.0008 | 0.0013 | −1.1 | −1.0 | 0.1 |
 Small | 0.156* | < 0.001 | 0.084* | 0.039 | 0.259 | 0.164 | −0.080 | −0.113 | −0.0058 | −0.0047 | 7.3 | 3.6 | −3.7 |
Sub-total | −0.0050 | −0.0034 | 6.2 | 2.6 | −3.6 | ||||||||
Caste/Ethnicity | |||||||||||||
 Janajati | −0.144* | < 0.001 | −0.046 | 0.253 | 0.308 | 0.301 | −0.013 | −0.064 | 0.0010 | 0.0026 | −1.3 | −2.0 | −0.7 |
 Other terai caste | −0.071 | 0.068 | −0.007 | 0.880 | 0.124 | 0.174 | −0.020 | 0.165 | 0.0003 | −0.0006 | −0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
 Muslim | −0.083 | 0.076 | −0.0002 | 0.998 | 0.058 | 0.059 | 0.068 | 0.185 | −0.0006 | 0.0000 | 0.7 | 0.0 | −0.7 |
 Newar | −0.199* | < 0.001 | −0.046 | 0.665 | 0.050 | 0.035 | 0.490 | 0.151 | −0.0089 | −0.0007 | 11.1 | 0.6 | −10.5 |
 Brahmin/Chhetri | −0.103* | 0.002 | −0.015 | 0.714 | 0.296 | 0.286 | 0.029 | −0.025 | −0.0016 | 0.0003 | 2.0 | −0.2 | −2.2 |
Sub-total | −0.0098 | 0.0016 | 12.1 | −1.2 | −13.3 | ||||||||
Wealth quintile | |||||||||||||
 Second | −0.040 | 0.110 | −0.061 | 0.133 | 0.213 | 0.218 | −0.291 | −0.377 | 0.0044 | 0.0150 | −5.6 | −11.5 | −5.9 |
 Third | −0.040 | 0.137 | −0.124* | 0.002 | 0.194 | 0.215 | 0.116 | 0.057 | −0.0016 | −0.0045 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 |
 Fourth | −0.101* | < 0.001 | −0.098* | 0.015 | 0.197 | 0.220 | 0.507 | 0.492 | −0.0182 | −0.0316 | 22.8 | 24.2 | 1.4 |
 Fifth (Richest) | −0.145* | 0.001 | −0.200* | < 0.001 | 0.148 | 0.144 | 0.852 | 0.856 | −0.0330 | −0.0732 | 41.4 | 56.1 | 14.7 |
Sub-total | −0.0484 | −0.0943 | 60.7 | 72.3 | 11.6 | ||||||||
Open Defecation | −0.039 | 0.253 | 0.050 | 0.222 | 0.812 | 0.199 | −0.165 | −0.171 | 0.0095 | −0.0050 | −11.9 | 3.9 | 15.8 |
Total sum contribution |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | −0.0797 | −0.1305 |  |  |  |
Residual (Unexplained) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | −0.0021 | −0.0076 |  |  |  |