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Table 12 Decomposition of Child Malnutrition Inequality (CI): Over all contribution by related groups Ranking variables -wealth index and consumption

From: Dynamics of inequality in child under-nutrition in Ethiopia

Categories

HAZ-

Score

WHZ-

Score

WAZ-

Score

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth/consumption

−.01(.30)

−.02(.48)

−.03(.91)

−.01(.71)

−.02(.30)

−.02(.49)

Health -care

−.001(.02)

−.00(.02)

−.00(.07)

−.00(.02)

−.00(.05)

−.00(.02)

Family size

−.00(.01)

.00(−.07)

.00(−.00)

.00(−.05)

−.00(.00)

.00(−.05)

Mother educ

−.01(.20)

−.01(.15)

−.00(.12)

−.00(.21)

−.01(.13)

−.01(.13)

Time variant

−.02(.43)

−.03(.60)

−.04(1.2)

−.01(.82)

−.03(.56)

−.03(.57)

Regional variation

−.003(.08)

−.01(.12)

.00(.-12)

.00(−.27)

−.00(.03)

−.00(.07)

Rural-urban variation

−.00(.01)

−.00(.01)

−.00(.05)

−.00(.05)

−.00(.04)

−.00(.02

Time invariant

−.003(.08)

−.01(.12)

.00(−.06)

.00(−.22)

−.00(.06)

−.00(.09)

Residual

−.022(.45)

−.013(.28)

004(−.13)

−.006(.33)

−.021(.42)

−.014(.31)

  1. under each malnutrition indicators, in the contribution column, the figure in parenthesis represents the percentage contribution. Each figure is rounded to two digits only. Hence, point zero zero doesn’t mean that it is actually zero, it is rather rounded value