Table 10 Decomposition of Child Malnutrition Inequality (CI): Ranking Variable Wealth Index

Age

.006* (.002)

.17

−.03

−.01(.11)

−.014***(.002)

−.81

−.03

.02(−.72)

.007*** (.002)

.24

−.03

.01(.12)

Age-square

−.001* (.000)

−.18

−.05

.01(−.20)

−.000(.000)

.50

−.05

−.03(.82)

.000 (.000)

−.06

−.05

.00(−.05)

Sex

.077** (.035)

.02

.02

.00(−.01)

−.018(.025)

−.01

.02

−.00(.01)

.089***(.025)

.03

.02

.00(−.01)

Illness incidence

.103** (.040)

.01

.05

.00(−.01)

.107*** (.032)

.02

.06

.00(−.03)

.180***(.030)

.02

.05

.00(−.02)

Water availability

−.057 (.055)

−.01

.19

−.00(.03)

.045 (.038)

.01

.19

.00(−07)

.008(.043)

.00

.19

.00(−.00)

Toilet type

−.002 (−.016)

−.01

−.02

.00(−.00)

.034***(.013)

.26

−.02

−.01(.17)

.037***(.013)

.16

−.02

−.00(.07)

Health post

−.141** (.067)

−.09

−.00

.00(−.00)

.011 (.058)

.01

.00

4.3(−.00)

−.078(.058)

−.06

−.00

.00(−.00)

Mother educ

–

−.03

.32

−.01(.20)

−.024 (.015)

−.01

.31

−.00(.11)

−.074***(.018)

−.02

.32

−.01(.13)

.110***(.022)

Household size

−.016 (.010)

−.06

.01

−.00(.01)

.001 (.008)

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

−.006(.008)

−.03

.01

−.00(.00)

Household sizeU5

−.039(.025)

−.03

−.01

.00(−.00)

−.001 (.018)

−00

−.00

4.6(−.00)

−.049**(.020)

−.05

−.00

.00(−.00)

Rural-urban

yes

.02

−.01

−.00(.01)

yes

.13

−.01

−.00(.05)

yes

.16

−.01

−.00(.04)

Region variation

yes

−.003(.08)

yes

.00(.-12)

yes

−.00(.03)

Wealth index

−.01(.30)

−.039***(.011

−.03(.91)

−.045***(.013)

−.02(.30)

−.045***(.016)

Quntile 1

.02

−.80

−.02(.34)

.03

−.80

−.02(.70)

.02

−.80

−.02(.30)

Quntile 2

.01

−.40

−.01(.12)

.01

−.39

−.01(.17)

.01

−.40

−.00(.06)

Quntile 3

.01

.02

.00(−.00)

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

Quntile 4

.02

.42

.01(−.16)

−.00

.41

−.00(.04)

.01

.41

.00(−.06)

Residual

−.022(.45)

004(−.13)

−.021(.42)

Observation

8686

8686

9426

R²

0.03

0.03

0.052