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Table 1 Weighted percentage distribution of individual and area attributes in the analysis (EDHS 2014)

From: 3+ parity in Egypt: a multilevel decomposition of wealth-based inequality

Attributes

%

Individual level attributes

 Age

  30-

29.9

  35-

27.0

  40-

22.1

  45–49

21.0

 Woman’s education attainment less than secondary

43.6

 Husband’s educational attainment less than secondary

37.7

 Proxy for standard of living (not having modern toilet facility)

41.4

 Wealth index

  Poorest

19.9

  Poorer

20.6

  Middle

19.3

  Rich

19.4

  Richest

20.8

 Age at first marriage < 18 years

28.7

 Experienced child death

13.4

 Unmet need

9.7

Area level attributes

 Lowest quartile of the environmental development scale

21.2

 Lowest quartile of the gendered context scale

29.9

 Lowest quartile of the health system scale

21.7