Table 10 Oaxaca Blinder decomposition of HAZ scores of NFHS 2 and NFHS 3 in Bihar
| Â | Covariate effect | Coefficient effect | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 | 10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | 90 |
Aggregate effect | −0.384 | − 0.112 | 0.393 | 0.680 | 0.991 | −0.588 | − 0.905** | −1.317*** | −1.121** | − 0.671 |
Child age in months | − 0.004 | 0.060 | 0.144 | 0.154 | 0.191 | −1.256 | −1.393** | − 1.570*** | −1.733*** | −4.301*** |
(%) | 0.3 | −4.2 | −62.5 | 154.8 | −66.8 | −100.6 | − 126.2 | 366.4 | − 1956.9 | − 642.6 |
Age2 | 0.131 | −0.073 | − 0.300 | − 0.353 | − 0.479 | − 0.039 | 1.223*** | 0.506** | 0.515** | 2.071*** |
(%) | −8.3 | 5.1 | 130.4 | − 355.5 | 167.5 | −3.1 | 110.7 | −118.1 | 581.2 | 309.5 |
Female | 0.092 | 0.172** | 0.174** | 0.132 | 0.118 | 0.074 | −0.082 | −0.008 | 0.117** | 0.154** |
(%) | −5.8 | −12.0 | −75.8 | 132.6 | −41.3 | 5.9 | −7.4 | 1.8 | 132.0 | 23.0 |
Birth Size | ||||||||||
Normal | ||||||||||
Average and above | −0.093 | −0.186 | −0.338** | − 0.485** | − 0.818* | − 0.025 | −0.401*** | 0.086** | 0.139*** | 0.040 |
(%) | 5.9 | 13.0 | 146.9 | − 488.6 | 285.7 | −2.0 | −36.3 | −20.1 | 156.5 | 5.9 |
Small | −0.006 | 0.015 | 0.070 | 0.146 | −0.056 | −0.106* | − 0.646*** | 0.050* | − 0.002 | 0.027 |
(%) | 0.4 | −1.1 | −30.6 | 147.0 | 19.4 | −8.5 | −58.5 | −11.7 | −2.7 | 4.1 |
Early Breastfeeding (Yes) | −0.051 | − 0.034 | 0.002 | − 0.046 | − 0.126 | 0.015 | − 0.041 | − 0.009 | 0.009 | 0.002 |
(%) | 3.3 | 2.4 | −1.0 | −45.9 | 44.1 | 1.2 | −3.7 | 2.1 | 10.7 | 0.2 |
No. of Siblings | −0.034 | 0.015 | 0.040 | 0.038 | 0.033 | −0.365*** | −0.327*** | 0.170*** | 0.059 | 0.229*** |
(%) | 2.2 | −1.0 | −17.2 | 38.2 | −11.5 | −29.2 | −29.6 | −39.7 | 66.1 | 34.2 |
Mother’s Characteristics | ||||||||||
Institutional Delivery (yes) | −0.487 | − 0.884** | −1.064*** | − 0.874* | −2.486** | − 0.048 | − 0.514*** | − 0.042 | −0.048 | − 0.040 |
(%) | 31.0 | 62.0 | 462.6 | − 880.1 | 868.7 | − 3.8 | −46.5 | 9.9 | −54.0 | −5.9 |
Age of mother at first birth | −0.016 | − 0.007 | − 0.040 | 0.039 | − 0.001 | −0.773 | 1.568*** | −0.236 | − 0.359 | 0.293 |
(%) | 1.0 | 0.5 | 17.3 | 38.9 | 0.3 | −61.9 | 141.9 | 55.2 | − 405.6 | 43.8 |
BMI of mother | 0.002 | −0.002 | 0.000 | −0.007 | − 0.018 | 1.440 | 5.112*** | 1.139*** | 1.469*** | 1.046* |
(%) | −0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −7.0 | 6.3 | 115.3 | 462.8 | − 265.7 | 1659.2 | 156.3 |
Mother’s anaemia | ||||||||||
Yes | 0.048 | 0.343 | 0.614** | 0.878** | 1.616 | −0.349* | −0.165 | − 0.127 | − 0.022 | 0.001 |
(%) | −3.1 | −24.0 | −267.0 | 883.5 | − 564.8 | −27.9 | −14.9 | 29.7 | −24.9 | 0.2 |
Mother’s height | − 0.058 | − 0.051 | − 0.005 | − 0.079 | 0.033 | 8.563*** | 15.272*** | 5.641*** | 4.671*** | 11.333*** |
(%) | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.2 | −79.5 | −11.4 | 686.0 | 1382.6 | − 1316.6 | 5274.9 | 1693.1 |
Mother’s Education | −0.071 | 0.276 | 0.058 | 0.563 | 0.670 | −0.011 | −0.325*** | − 0.012 | 0.021 | − 0.027 |
(%) | 4.5 | −19.3 | −25.1 | 566.5 | − 234.2 | −0.9 | − 29.5 | 2.8 | 23.5 | −4.0 |
Working mother | −1.161 | −1.384 | −0.530 | − 0.326 | 0.338 | 0.360 | 1.104*** | 0.195* | 0.088 | 0.321** |
(%) | 73.8 | 97.0 | 230.5 | − 328.3 | −118.1 | 28.9 | 99.9 | −45.4 | 99.8 | 48.0 |
Empowerment | −0.002 | 0.057 | 0.073 | 0.149 | 0.217 | 0.012 | −0.141*** | − 0.012 | − 0.010 | − 0.010 |
(%) | 0.1 | −4.0 | −32.0 | 149.9 | −76.0 | 1.0 | −12.7 | 2.9 | −11.7 | − 1.5 |
Media exposure | −0.196 | 0.244 | 0.544 | 0.288 | 1.442 | 0.168 | 0.241** | 0.238*** | 0.236*** | 0.324*** |
(%) | 12.5 | −17.1 | −236.9 | 290.3 | − 503.8 | 13.4 | 21.9 | −55.5 | 266.4 | 48.3 |
Religion | ||||||||||
Hindu | ||||||||||
Muslim/Others | 0.028 | −0.007 | − 0.132* | − 0.175 | − 0.318 | 0.007 | − 0.080** | 0.078*** | 0.091*** | −0.053 |
(%) | −1.8 | 0.5 | 57.5 | −175.7 | 111.0 | 0.5 | −7.3 | − 18.2 | 103.1 | − 7.9 |
Caste | ||||||||||
SC | ||||||||||
ST | 0.005 | −0.020 | 0.014 | −0.045 | 0.018 | 0.017 | − 0.007 | − 0.007 | − 0.011 | −0.012 |
(%) | − 0.3 | 1.4 | −6.1 | −45.1 | −6.1 | 1.3 | −0.6 | 1.5 | −12.2 | −1.8 |
Others | 0.115 | 0.068 | 0.159 | 0.130 | −0.240 | 0.301 | −0.674*** | 0.195 | −0.073 | 0.251 |
(%) | −7.3 | −4.7 | −69.2 | 130.8 | 84.0 | 24.1 | −61.0 | −45.4 | −82.9 | 37.5 |
Wealth index | −0.035 | − 0.340 | −0.1925 | 0.032 | 0.189 | −0.426** | −1.095*** | − 0.450*** | − 0.380*** | −0.167 |
(%) | 2.2 | 23.9 | 83.7 | 32.1 | −66.0 | −34.1 | −99.1 | 105.0 | − 429.1 | −24.9 |
Place of residence | ||||||||||
Urban | ||||||||||
Rural | 0.220 | 0.314 | 0.478 | −0.058 | −0.610 | 0.214 | 0.163 | 0.192 | 0.284 | 0.232 |
(%) | −14.0 | −22.0 | − 207.8 | −58.9 | 213.0 | 17.2 | 14.8 | −44.8 | 320.4 | 34.7 |
Constant |  |  |  |  |  | −6.524* | −17.687*** | −6.443*** | − 4.971*** | − 11.046*** |
Residuals | 1.189 | 1.315 | 0.623 | 0.581 | 1.278 | −1.836 | −2.009 | −0.889 | −1.209 | − 1.340 |
Total | −1.573 | − 1.427 | − 0.230 | 0.099 | −0.286 | 1.248*** | 1.105*** | −0.428*** | 0.089 | 0.669*** |