From: Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal
 | Quantiles | ||||||||||
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 | Q10 | Q25 | Q50 | Q75 | Q90 | ||||||
Rural HAZ scores | −3.5188 | −2.7013 | −1.8577 | −1.0179 | −0.1760 | ||||||
Urban HAZ scores | −3.1753 | −2.4321 | −1.5227 | −0.6166 | 0.2152 | ||||||
Observed raw gap in HAZ scoresa | −0.3436*** | −0.2692*** | −0.3350*** | −0.4013*** | −0.3912*** | ||||||
Covariate effect (% contribution) | −0.2694*** (78.43%) | −0.2555*** (94.95%) | −0.2493*** (74.39%) | −0.2816*** (70.17%) | −0.2434*** (62.19%) | ||||||
Co-efficient effect (% contribution) | −0.0741 (21.57%) | −0.0136 (5.05%) | −0.0858 (25.58%) | −0.1197 (29.83%) | −0.1478* (37.78%) | ||||||
 | Contribution of individual characteristics to rural-urban differences in HAZ scores b | ||||||||||
 | Covariate effect |  | Co-efficient effect | ||||||||
 | Q10 | Q25 | Q50 | Q75 | Q90 |  | Q10 | Q25 | Q50 | Q75 | Q90 |
Size of effect | −0.2694*** | −0.2555*** | −0.2493*** | −0.2816*** | −0.2434*** |  | −0.0741 | −0.0136 | −0.0858 | −0.1197 | −0.1478* |
Explained | |||||||||||
Female gender of child | −0.0001 (0.05%) | 0.0003 (-0.15%) | −0.0002 (0.11%) | −0.0004 (0.22%) | −0.0014 (0.67%) |  | −0.0001 (0.14%) | 0.0010 (-1.42%) | 0.0024 (-2.20%) | 0.0023 (-2.78%) | −0.0022 (2.09%) |
Age of child | −0.0060* (3.16%) | −0.0085* (4.38%) | −0.0127* (6.69%) | −0.0171* (9.59%) | −0.0246* (11.76%) |  | −0.0014 (2.00%) | −0.0026 (3.69%) | −0.0035 (3.21%) | −0.0048 (5.81%) | −0.0051 (4.84%) |
Child vaccinated | −0.0039 (2.06%) | −0.0004 (0.21%) | 0.0095*** (-5.00%) | 0.0161*** (-9.03%) | 0.0199*** (-9.52%) |  | 0.0003 (-0.43%) | −0.0002 (0.28%) | −0.0005 (0.46%) | −0.0007 (0.85%) | −0.0005 (0.47%) |
Age of mother | −0.0021 (1.11%) | −0.0009 (0.46%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | 0.0004 (-0.22%) | 0.0015 (-0.72%) |  | 0.0016 (-2.29%) | 0.0011 (-1.56%) | −0.0035 (3.21%) | −0.0080 (9.69%) | −0.0106 (10.07%) |
Mother’s working status | −0.0027 (1.42%) | −0.0027 (1.39%) | −0.0018 (0.95%) | −0.0021 (1.18%) | −0.0026 (1.24%) |  | −0.0030 (4.29%) | −0.0004 (0.57%) | −0.0007 (0.64%) | 0.0006 (-0.73%) | 0.0005 (-0.47%) |
Mother’s education (yrs) | −0.0495*** (26.09%) | −0.0312*** (16.08%) | −0.0194** (10.22%) | −0.0214** (12.00%) | 0.0065 (-3.11%) |  | −0.0066 (9.43%) | −0.0094 (13.33%) | −0.0096 (8.81%) | −0.0076 (9.20%) | −0.0087 (8.26%) |
Spouse’s education (yrs) | −0.0424*** (22.35%) | −0.0394*** (20.31%) | −0.0339*** (17.85%) | −0.0423*** (23.72%) | −0.0453*** (21.66%) |  | −0.0103 (14.71%) | −0.0127 (18.01%) | −0.0116 (10.64%) | −0.0141 (17.07%) | −0.0078 (7.41%) |
Wealth index | −0.0748*** (39.43%) | −0.1026*** (52.89%) | −0.1122*** (59.08%) | −0.1019*** (57.15%) | −0.1404*** (67.14%) |  | −0.0497** (71.00%) | −0.0482*** (68.37%) | −0.0948*** (86.97%) | −0.0643*** (77.85%) | −0.0757*** (71.89%) |
Extended family dummy | 0.0122* (-6.43%) | 0.0023 (-1.19%) | −0.004 (2.11%) | −0.0047 (2.64%) | −0.0225*** (10.76%) |  | −0.0008 (1.14%) | 0.0011 (-1.56%) | 0.0123** (-11.28%) | 0.0140** (-16.95%) | 0.0055 (-5.22%) |
Dependency ratio | −0.0151 (7.96%) | −0.0079 (4.07%) | −0.0196*** (10.32%) | −0.0130** (7.29%) | −0.0098 (4.69%) |  | −0.0001 (0.14%) | −0.0003 (0.43%) | 0.0005 (-0.46%) | 0.0003 (-0.36%) | −0.0004 (0.38%) |
No. of children < 5 yrs | −0.0051 (2.69%) | −0.0031 (1.60%) | 0.0043 (-2.26%) | 0.0082** (-4.60%) | 0.0097** (-4.64%) |  | −0.0001 (0.14%) | 0.0002 (-0.28%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | −0.0003 (0.36%) | −0.0003 (0.28%) |
Total | −0.1897*** (100%) | −0.1940*** (100%) | −0.1899*** (100%) | −0.1783*** (100%) | −0.2091*** (100%) |  | −0.0700*** (100%) | −0.0705** (100%) | −0.1090*** (100%) | −0.0826*** (100%) | −0.1053*** (100%) |
Unexplained | |||||||||||
Residual | −0.0797 | −0.0615 | −0.0593 | −0.1033* | −0.0343 |  | −0.0041 | 0.0569 | 0.0233 | −0.0371 | −0.0426 |