Table 4 Estimates of decomposition analysis for the contribution of various explanatory variables for children who did not receive VAS among children aged 6–59 months by background characteristics in India, 2005–06 and 2015–16
Background characteristics | Categories | 2005–06 | 2015–16 | ||||||||
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Coefficient | Elasticity | CI | Absolute contribution to CI | Percentage contribution | Coefficient | Elasticity | CI | Absolute contribution to CI | Percentage contribution | ||
Age of the child (months) | 06–23 | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
24–59 | 0.514 | 0.047 | −0.005 | 0.000 | 1.9 | 0.030 | 0.004 | − 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.0 | |
Sex of the child | Male | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
Female | −0.020 | − 0.001 | − 0.009 | 0.000 | 0.0 | − 0.007 | − 0.002 | − 0.01 | 0.000 | − 0.1 | |
Mother’s education | No education | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
Primary | −0.336 | − 0.005 | −0.02 | 0.000 | −0.8 | − 0.118 | −0.004 | − 0.169 | 0.001 | −2.6 | |
Secondary | −0.679 | −0.026 | 0.375 | −0.010 | 79.8 | −0.303 | − 0.033 | 0.187 | − 0.006 | 23.6 | |
Higher | −0.709 | −0.004 | 0.804 | −0.003 | 28.9 | −0.371 | − 0.009 | 0.642 | − 0.006 | 22.3 | |
Birth order | 1st order | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
2–3 order | 0.332 | 0.011 | −0.076 | − 0.001 | 6.9 | 0.133 | 0.008 | −0.110 | − 0.001 | 3.5 | |
4–6 order | 0.292 | 0.000 | −0.239 | 0.000 | 0.2 | 0.462 | 0 | −0.301 | 0.000 | 0.2 | |
Currently breastfeeding | No | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
Yes | −0.220 | − 0.017 | −0.082 | 0.001 | −11.4 | − 0.104 | − 0.016 | − 0.081 | 0.001 | −4.9 | |
Wealth index | Poor | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
Middle | − 0.075 | −0.002 | 0.155 | 0.000 | 2.5 | 0.010 | −0.001 | 0.145 | 0.000 | 0.6 | |
Rich | −0.026 | −0.001 | 0.676 | −0.001 | 4.8 | −0.020 | − 0.003 | 0.672 | − 0.002 | 6.5 | |
Caste | SC/ST | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
Non SC/ST | 0.164 | 0.001 | −0.077 | 0.000 | 0.2 | 0.009 | −0.002 | 0.100 | 0.000 | 0.6 | |
Religion | Hindu | Ref. | Ref. | ||||||||
Muslim | −0.074 | −0.002 | 0.003 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.238 | 0.011 | 0.022 | 0.000 | −1.0 | |
Others | 0.076 | 0.000 | 0.308 | 0.000 | −1.0 | 0.109 | 0.001 | 0.302 | 0.000 | −1.5 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||||
Rural | −0.150 | −0.014 | −0.168 | 0.002 | −19.8 | −0.092 | − 0.016 | −0.181 | 0.003 | −10.8 | |
EAG and non-EAG | EAG and Assam | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||||||
Non-EAG | 0.567 | 0.066 | −0.015 | −0.001 | 7.9 | −0.684 | − 0.074 | 0.222 | − 0.016 | 63.7 | |
Explained CI | −0.012 | 100.0 | −0.026 | 100.0 | |||||||
Actual CI | −0.014 | −0.065 | |||||||||
Residuals | −0.002 | −0.039 | |||||||||