Table 2 Non-linear decomposition of the difference in facility-based delivery between wealth groups
\( {\overline{Y}}_{NP} \) | 0.746 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\( {\overline{Y}}_P \) | 0.411 | |||||||
Wealth gap \( \left({\overline{Y}}_{NP}-{\overline{Y}}_P\right) \) | 0.336 | |||||||
Benchmark Coefficients | Non-Poor | Poor | ||||||
Decomp. | S.E. | Cont. (%) | Decomp. | S.E. | Cont. (%) | |||
Supply-side | ||||||||
Distance to facility | 0.014 | ** | (0.006) | 4.06 | 0.011 | *** | (0.004) | 3.42 |
Socioeconomic factors | ||||||||
Mother’s education | 0.017 | (0.015) | 4.93 | 0.026 | *** | (0.007) | 7.79 | |
Partner’s education | 0.025 | * | (0.015) | 7.49 | 0.031 | *** | (0.009) | 9.14 |
Mother watches TV | 0.011 | (0.011) | 3.20 | 0.028 | *** | (0.006) | 8.48 | |
Mother’s employment | 0.028 | *** | (0.009) | 8.22 | 0.020 | *** | (0.006) | 5.87 |
Partner’s employment | 0.065 | *** | (0.013) | 19.29 | 0.037 | *** | (0.010) | 11.09 |
Maternal factors | ||||||||
Multiple birth | −0.0005 | (0.0005) | −0.14 | −0.001 | (0.000) | −0.16 | ||
Previously term. preg. | 0.0003 | (0.001) | 0.10 | 0.001 | (0.001) | 0.30 | ||
Child’s birth order | 0.058 | *** | (0.008) | 17.26 | 0.042 | *** | (0.006) | 12.59 |
Mother’s age at birth | −0.003 | (0.001) | −0.82 | −0.001 | * | (0.001) | −0.38 | |
Sociocultural factors | ||||||||
Religion | 0.007 | (0.005) | 2.19 | 0.014 | *** | (0.004) | 4.18 | |
Marital status | −0.007 | ** | (0.003) | −2.00 | 0.003 | (0.004) | 0.79 | |
Geography | ||||||||
Regions | 0.020 | ** | (0.010) | 6.01 | 0.013 | (0.017) | 3.95 | |
Total explained | 0.234 | 69.78 | 0.225 | 67.12 | ||||
Total unexplained | 0.101 | 30.22 | 0.110 | 32.88 | ||||