Table 5 Decomposition of rural-urban differences in child nutrition outcomes – Nepal
From: Rural-urban disparities in child nutrition in Bangladesh and Nepal
| Â | Quantiles | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Q10 | Q25 | Q50 | Q75 | Q90 | ||||||
Rural HAZ scores | −3.6498*** | −2.9145*** | −2.1065*** | −1.2287*** | −0.3370*** | ||||||
Urban HAZ scores | −3.2651*** | −2.5150*** | −1.6845*** | −0.8250*** | −0.0186 | ||||||
Observed raw gap in HAZ scoresa | −0.3847*** | −0.3995*** | −0.4220*** | −0.4037*** | −0.3184*** | ||||||
Covariate effect (% contribution) | −0.3744*** (97.32%) | −0.3484*** (87.21%) | −0.3045*** (72.16%) | −0.3404*** (84.32%) | −0.2608*** (81.91%) | ||||||
Co-efficient effect (% contribution) | −0.0103 (2.68%) | −0.0510 (12.77%) | −0.1175* (27.87%) | −0.0633 (15.68%) | −0.0576 (18.09%) | ||||||
| Â | Contribution of individual characteristics to rural-urban differences in HAZ scores b | ||||||||||
| Â | Covariate effect | Â | Co-efficient effect | ||||||||
| Â | Q10 | Q25 | Q50 | Q75 | Q90 | Â | Q10 | Q25 | Q50 | Q75 | Q90 |
Size of effect | −0.3744*** | −0.3484*** | −0.3045*** | −0.3404*** | −0.2608*** |  | −0.0103 | −0.0510 | −0.1175* | −0.0633 | −0.0103 |
Explained | |||||||||||
Female gender of child | 0.0001 (-0.04%) | 0.0001 (-0.03%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | −0.0002 (0.06%) |  | −0.0001 (0.24%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | 0.0001 (-0.15%) |
Age of child | 0.0043 (-1.71%) | 0.0057 (-1.99%) | 0.0102 (-3.06%) | 0.0143 (-4.41%) | 0.0189 (-5.66%) | Â | 0.0090 (-21.18%) | 0.0092 (-31.51%) | 0.0112 (-18.54%) | (0.0101 (-10.10%) | 0.0118 (-17.35%) |
Child vaccinated | −0.0032 (1.27%) | −0.0026 (0.91%) | −0.0040* (1.20%) | −0.0059* (1.82%) | −0.0080* (2.40%) |  | 0.0003 (-0.71%) | −0.0020 (6.85%) | −0.0025 (4.14%) | −0.0047 (4.70%) | −0.0064 (9.41%) |
Age of mother | −0.0102** (4.05%) | −0.0106*** (3.70%) | −0.0054* (1.62%) | −0.0041 (1.26%) | 0.0085 (-2.54%) |  | 0.0010 (-2.35%) | 0.0000 (0.00%) | −0.0011 (1.82%) | −0.0004 (0.40%) | −0.0008 (1.18%) |
Mother’s working status | −0.0210** (8.33%) | −0.0258*** (9.00%) | −0.0224*** (6.71%) | −0.0267*** (8.23%) | −0.0538*** (16.11%) |  | −0.0028 (6.59%) | −0.0023 (7.88%) | 0.0007 (-1.16%) | −0.0054 (5.40%) | −0.0054 (7.94%) |
Mother’s education (yrs) | −0.0560*** (22.21%) | −0.0944*** (32.93%) | −0.1174*** (35.17%) | −0.1091*** (33.63%) | −0.1794*** (53.71%) |  | −0.0016 (3.76%) | −0.0022 (7.53%) | −0.0029 (4.80%) | −0.0025 (2.50%) | −0.0022 (3.24%) |
Spouse’s education (yrs) | −0.0554*** (21.98%) | −0.0290*** (10.12%) | −0.0036 (1.08%) | −0.0204* (6.29%) | −0.0177 (5.30%) |  | −0.0013 (3.06%) | −0.0026 (8.90%) | −0.0014 (2.32%) | 0.0016 (-1.60%) | 0.0007 (-1.03%) |
Wealth index | −0.0950*** (37.68%) | −0.1197*** (41.75%) | −0.1704*** (51.05%) | −0.1626*** (50.12%) | −0.0880** (26.35%) |  | −0.0409** (96.24%) | −0.0218* (74.66%) | −0.0600*** (99.34%) | −0.0998*** (99.80%) | −0.0655*** (96.32%) |
Extended family dummy | 0.0007 (-0.28%) | 0.0004 (-0.14%) | −0.0003 (0.09%) | −0.0009 (0.28%) | −0.0007 (0.21%) |  | −0.0023 (5.41%) | −0.0049 (16.78%) | −0.0037 (6.13%) | 0.0013 (-1.30%) | −0.0006 (0.88%) |
Dependency ratio | −0.0114 (4.52%) | −0.0046 (1.60%) | −0.0176*** (5.27%) | −0.0114** (3.51%) | −0.0202*** (6.05%) |  | −0.0018 (4.24%) | −0.0017 (5.82%) | −0.0008 (1.32%) | 0.0006 (-0.60%) | 0.0006 (-0.88%) |
No. of children < 5 yrs | −0.0049 (1.94%) | −0.0061** (2.13%) | −0.0029 (0.87%) | 0.0026 (-0.80%) | 0.0065 (-1.95%) |  | −0.0020 (4.71%) | −0.0009 (3.08%) | 0.0001 (-0.17%) | −0.0008 (0.80%) | −0.0004 (0.59%) |
Total | −0.2521*** (100%) | −0.2867*** (100%) | −0.3338*** (100%) | −0.3244*** (100%) | −0.3340*** (100%) |  | −0.0425 (100%) | −0.0292 (100%) | −0.0604* (100%) | −0.1000*** (100%) | −0.0680* (100%) |
Unexplained | |||||||||||
Residual | −0.0571 | −0.0617 | 0.0294 | −0.0160 | 0.0732 |  | 0.0322 | −0.0218 | −0.0572 | 0.0367 | 0.0104 |