Table 6 Decomposition of difference in composite indicator of anthropometric failure (CIAF) between the richest and the poorest socioeconomic groups
Variable | Difference due to characteristics (Explained) | Difference due to coefficients (Unexplained) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coefficient | Percent | p-value | Coefficient | Percent | p-value | |
Mother’s education | −0.05 | 15.03 | 0.002 | −0.02 | 6.00 | 0.092 |
Mother’s exposure to mass media | − 0.02 | 4.91 | 0.433 | 0.01 | −3.57 | 0.071 |
Mother’s parity | −0.02 | 5.38 | < 0.001 | 0.07 | −21.40 | 0.058 |
Underweight mother (as per BMI) | −0.02 | 6.47 | < 0.001 | 0.00 | 1.39 | 0.595 |
Mother with normal weight (as per BMI) | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.676 | 0.01 | −1.82 | 0.602 |
Overweight/obese mother (as per BMI) | −0.02 | 7.13 | < 0.001 | 0.00 | −0.01 | 0.964 |
Child’s age | 0.00 | −0.04 | 0.565 | 0.00 | 0.27 | 0.978 |
Child’s sex | 0.00 | −0.02 | 0.010 | −0.06 | 18.09 | 0.065 |
Child’s morbidity | −0.00 | 0.28 | 0.082 | 0.00 | 1.12 | 0.712 |
Place of residence | 0.00 | −0.91 | 0.599 | −0.07 | 21.37 | 0.068 |
Caste | −0.01 | 2.35 | 0.018 | −0.06 | 17.79 | 0.073 |
Constant | −0.07 | 20.20 | 0.457 | |||
Total | −0.14 | 40.55 | < 0.001 | −0.21 | 59.45 | < 0.001 |