Table 18 Decomposition of child malnutrition inequality (CI) based on Fixed effect estimator: Ranking variable Wealth index

Age

.006* (.003)

.17

−.02

−.01(.11)

−.015***(.003)

−.85

−.03

. 03(−.76)

.006*(.003)

.21

−.03

−.01(.11)

Age-square

−.000**(.000)

−.11

−.05

.01(−.12)

−.000*(.000)

.51

−.05

−.03(.83)

.000(.000)

.01

−.05

−.00(.01)

Sex

.433***(.114)

.13

.02

.00(−.06)

.131*(.076)

.08

.02

.00(−.05)

.327***(.081)

.12

.02

.00(−.04)

Illness incidence

.142**(.055)

.01

.05

.00(−.02)

.122***(.043)

.02

.06

.00(−.04)

.160***(.038)

.02

.05

.00(−.02)

Water availability

−.019(.067)

−.00

.19

−.00(.01)

.055(.049)

.02

.19

.00(−.09)

.025(.054)

.00

.19

.00(−.01)

Toilet type

.012(.023)

.05

−.02

−.00(.02)

.004(.018)

.03

−.02

−.00(.02)

.037**(.015)

.16

−.02

−.00(.07)

Health post

−.144* (.084)

−.09

.00

.00(−.00)

.006 (.076)

.01

.00

2.5(−.00)

−.059(.070)

−.05

−.00

.00(−.00)

Mother educ

−.033(.058)

−.01

.32

−.00(.06)

−.033(.034)

−.02

.31

−.01(.16)

.004(.040)

.00

.32

.00(−.01)

Household size

−.042(.027)

−.16

.01

−.00(.03)

.031(.023)

.23

.01

.00(−.04)

.001(.018)

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

Household sizeU5

−.037(.038)

−.03

−.01

.00(−.01)

−.023(.032)

−.04

−.00

.00(−.00)

−.096***(.026)

−.10

−.00

.00(−.00)

Wealth index

0.114***(.033)

.05(−1.12)

−.028(.022)

−.02(.75)

.062***(.021)

03(−.58)

Quntile 1

−.04

−.78

.04(−.80)

.02

−.80

−.01(.53)

−.03

−.80

.02(−.43)

Quntile 2

−.04

−.40

.02(−.38)

.01

−.40

−.00(.07)

.03

−.40

.01(−.23)

Quntile 3

−.02

.02

−.00(.01)

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

−.02

.01

−.00(.00)

Quntile 4

−01

.41

−.00(.06)

−.01

.41

−.00(.15)

−.01

.42

−.00(.08)

Residual

−.094(2.07)

−.007(.22)

08(1.7)

Observation

8686

8132

9426

R²

0.025

0.025

0.040