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Table 19 Decomposition of child malnutrition inequality (CI) based on Fixed effect estimator: Ranking variable -Real annual total consumption per adult equivalent

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

Regressors (k)

HAZ

WHZ

WAZ

βk

Elasticity

CI

Contribution

βk

Elasticity

CI

Contribution

βk

Elasticity

CI

Contribution

Age

.003(.003)

.08

.01

.00(−.01)

−.014(.003)

−.81

−.00

.00(−.15)

.005*(.002)

.17

.01

.00(−.02)

Age-square

−.000*(.000)

−.10

.01

−.00(.02)

−.000**(.000)

.53

−.00

−.00(.08)

.000(.000)

.00

.01

.00(−.00)

Sex

.453***(.115)

.14

−.00

−.00(.00)

.119(.080)

.07

.00

.00(−.01)

.332***(.079)

.12

.00

3.7(−.00)

Illness incidence

.149***(.055)

.01

−.00

−.00(.00)

.129***(.043)

.02

.00

.00(−.00)

.163***(.038)

.02

−.00

−.01(−.00)

Water availability

−.029(.069)

−.00

.05

−.00(.00)

.052(.048)

.01

.04

.00(−.04)

.027(.057)

.00

.04

.00(−.00)

Toilet type

.004(.023)

.01

−.00

−.00(.00)

.010(.017)

.07

−.00

−.00(.01)

.036**(.016)

.16

−.00

−.00(.00)

Health post

−.163* (.090)

−.10

.01

−.00(.01)

.009(.080)

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

−.079(.075)

−.06

.01

−.00(.00)

Mother educ

−.015(.056)

−.00

.26

−.00(.02)

−.032(.034)

−.02

.26

−.00(.24)

−.000(.039)

−.00

.26

−5.2(.00)

Household size

−.047* (.028)

−.18

−.03

.01(−.12)

0.031(.024)

.23

−.03

−.01(.47)

.007(.019)

.03

−.03

−.00(.02)

Household sizeU5

−.028 (.040)

.01

−.01

.00(−.00)

−.020(0.34)

−.03

−.01

.00(−.01)

−.088***(.026)

−.09

−.01

.00(−.02)

Consumption

−.103**(.044)

  

−.02(.39)

.004(.029)

  

00(−.15)

−.028(.031)

  

−.01(.11)

Quntile 1

 

.02

−.80

−.01(.30)

 

−.01

−.80

.01(−.31)

 

.01

−.80

−.00(.10)

Quntile 2

 

.01

−.40

−.00(.09)

 

−.00

−.40

.00(−.06)

 

−.00

−.40

.00(−.01)

Quntile 3

 

.01

.00

.00(−.00)

 

.02

.01

.00(−.01)

 

.01

.01

.00(−.00)

Quntile 4

 

.00

.40

.00(−.01)

 

−.01

.41

−.008(.23)

 

−.00

.41

−.00(.02)

Residual

   

−.033(.69)

   

−.01(.56)

   

−.040(.89)

Observation

8505

   

7973

   

9229

   

R2

0.018

   

0.027

   

0.037

   
  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