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Table 2 Parametric coefficients

From: Socioeconomic and demographic factors determining the underweight prevalence among children under-five in Punjab

Co-efficient

Mean(γ)

Sd

2.50%

50%

97.50%

(Intercept)

−0.2324

0.1096

−0.4543

−0.2308

− 0.0123

Locality

Urban

−0.1254

0.039

−0.0478

− 0.1256

− 0.2026

Mother’s education level

Primary

− 0.0814

0.0403

− 0.1654

− 0.0809

− 0.0042

Middle

− 0.1904

0.0543

− 0.2979

− 0.19

− 0.0851

Secondary Secondary

− 0.2502

0.0569

−0.3635

− 0.2505

− 0.139

Higher

−0.5868

0.0722

−0.7318

− 0.5849

− 0.446

Father’s education level

Primary

−0.0892

0.0419

−0.1725

− 0.0898

− 0.0045

Middle

−0.173

0.0444

−0.2571

− 0.1741

− 0.0857

Secondary

−0.2824

0.0443

−0.3705

− 0.2829

− 0.196

Higher

−0.4105

0.0616

−0.5269

− 0.4119

− 0.2849

Mother’s occupation

Working_woman

0.025

0.0458

−0.0633

0.0269

0.1144

Father’s occupation

Laborer

0.1637

0.0703

0.025

0.1635

0.3027

Farmer

−0.0581

0.0734

−0.2078

− 0.0583

0.0865

Official

0.084

0.0698

−0.0547

0.0855

0.2174

Businessman

0.0069

0.0712

−0.1376

0.0086

0.1499

Wealth index quantile

Second

−0.1842

0.0441

−0.2677

−0.1838

− 0.0974

Middle

−0.3471

0.0533

−0.4508

−0.3467

− 0.2429

Fourth

−0.4489

0.0636

−0.5748

−0.45

− 0.3224

Highest

−0.8336

0.0837

−1.0036

−0.8334

−0.6657

Total number of under-five children in household

0.0138

0.0137

−0.0128

0.0135

0.0402

Total children ever born to a woman

0.0392

0.0088

0.022

0.0391

0.0566

Sanitation

Improved

−0.0894

0.0362

−0.1579

− 0.0899

−0.0181

Sources of drinking water

Improved

−0.0261

0.0657

−0.1507

−0.0274

0.1076

Access to media

Yes

−0.024

0.0329

−0.0886

−0.0234

0.0418

Region

Central Punjab

−0.3928

0.0643

−0.5236

−0.3912

− 0.27

Northern Punjab

−0.0868

0.0311

−0.1458

−0.0875

− 0.024