Table 4 Non-linear decomposition of the difference in facility-based delivery between wealth groups, pooled sample benchmark

\( {\overline{Y}}_P \)

0.411

Regional gap \( \left({\overline{Y}}_{NP}-{\overline{Y}}_P\right) \)

0.336

Benchmark Coefficients

Decomp.

S.E.

Cont. (%)

Supply-side

 Distance to facility

0.013

***

(0.004)

3.81

Socioeconomic factors

 Mother’s education

0.026

***

(0.007)

7.77

 Partner’s education

0.032

***

(0.007)

9.46

 Mother watches TV

0.023

***

(0.005)

6.71

 Mother’s employment

0.021

***

(0.005)

6.27

 Partner’s employment

0.049

***

(0.008)

14.72

Maternal factors

 Multiple birth

−0.0004

(0.0003)

−0.10

 Previously term. preg.

0.0007

(0.0005)

0.21

 Child’s birth order

0.044

***

(0.005)

13.05

 Mother’s age at birth

−0.002

(0.001)

−0.62

Sociocultural factors

 Religion

0.012

***

(0.004)

3.58

 Marital status

−0.004

*

(0.002)

−1.15

Geography

 Regions

0.019

**

(0.009)

5.55

Total explained

0.232

69.23

Total unexplained

0.103

30.77