From: Socioeconomic inequalities in teenage pregnancy in Nigeria: evidence from Demographic Health Survey
Variables | Marginal effect | \(\overline{{\varvec{X}} }\) | Elasticities | Ck | Contribution to Cn | Percentage contribution (%) | |
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Absolute | Summed | ||||||
Teenage current age | |||||||
Age 15 | -0.007 | 0.246 | -0.027 | -0.019 | 0.000 | ||
Age 16 | -0.002 | 0.188 | -0.006 | 0.025 | 0.000 | ||
Age 17 | -0.006 | 0.187 | -0.018 | -0.007 | 0.000 | ||
Age 18 | 0.007 | 0.227 | 0.025 | -0.046 | -0.001 | -0.001 | 0.18 |
Age 19 (ref) | |||||||
Marital status | |||||||
Married | 0.248* | 0.234 | 0.921 | -0.374 | -0.323 | -0.323 | 91.12 |
Never married (ref) | |||||||
Ethnicity | |||||||
Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri (ref) | |||||||
Igbo | 0.068** | 0.139 | 0.150 | 0.288 | 0.040 | ||
Yoruba | 0.012 | 0.132 | 0.025 | 0.428 | 0.010 | ||
Others | 0.007 | 0.299 | 0.033 | 0.008 | 0.000 | 0.051 | -14.35 |
Teenage highest education level | |||||||
No formal education (ref) | |||||||
Primary | 0.010 | 0.104 | 0.016 | -0.258 | -0.004 | ||
Secondary | 0.016* | 0.611 | 0.155 | 0.227 | 0.033 | ||
Tertiary | -0.012 | 0.027 | -0.005 | 0.599 | -0.003 | 0.026 | -7.38 |
Wealth index of households | |||||||
Poorest (ref) | |||||||
Poorer | 0.006 | 0.206 | 0.020 | -0.456 | -0.008 | ||
Middle | 0.004 | 0.208 | 0.013 | -0.042 | -0.001 | ||
Richer | -0.004 | 0.214 | -0.014 | 0.38 | -0.005 | ||
Richest | -0.023* | 0.203 | -0.074 | 0.797 | -0.055 | -0.069 | 19.50 |
Employment status | |||||||
Unemployed (ref) | |||||||
Employed | -0.015* | 0.356 | -0.085 | -0.088 | 0.007 | 0.007 | |
Religion | |||||||
Christian (ref) | |||||||
Muslim | 0.012 | 0.578 | 0.110 | -0.138 | -0.014 | ||
Others | 0.041 | 0.005 | 0.003 | -0.204 | -0.001 | -0.015 | 4.19 |
Place of residence | |||||||
Urban | 0.005 | 0.451 | 0.036 | 0.345 | 0.012 | 0.012 | -3.27 |
Rural (ref) | |||||||
Geopolitical zone | |||||||
North-Central (ref) | |||||||
North-East | -0.005 | 0.177 | -0.014 | -0.292 | 0.004 | ||
North-West | 0.001 | 0.324 | 0.005 | -0.206 | -0.001 | ||
South-East | -0.027 | 0.110 | -0.047 | 0.225 | -0.010 | ||
South-South | 0.002 | 0.105 | 0.003 | 0.319 | 0.001 | ||
South-West | 0.027 | 0.144 | 0.062 | 0.447 | 0.026 | 0.020 | -5.58 |
Frequency of watching television | |||||||
Not at all (ref) | |||||||
Less than once a week | -0.019* | 0.194 | -0.058 | 0.144 | -0.008 | ||
At least once a week | -0.009 | 0.325 | -0.046 | 0.416 | -0.018 | -0.026 | 7.34 |
Use of internet | |||||||
No (ref) | |||||||
Yes | -0.012 | 0.156 | -0.030 | 0.564 | -0.016 | -0.016 | 4.43 |
Sum | -0.334 | 94.23 | |||||
Residual | -0.020 | 5.77 | |||||
Total Cn | -0.354 | 100.00 |