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Table 8 Oaxaca blinder decomposition for \(<4\) ANC visits

From: Decomposing inequality in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) services in Nepal

Variables

Variation (1)

Variation (2)

Total

 

\(\zeta _{k_t}(C_{k_t} - C_{k_{t-1}})\)

\(C_{kt-1}(\zeta _{k_t}- \zeta _{k_{t-1}})\)

\(\zeta _{k_{t-1}}(C_{k_t} - C_{k_{t-1}})\)

\(C_{k_t}(\zeta _{k_t}- \zeta _{k_{t-1}})\)

Total

%

Age group

      

    15 to 24

      

    25 to 34

-0.0003

-0.0020

-0.0002

-0.0022

-0.0023

-8.19

    35 to 49

-0.0043

0.0032

-0.0027

0.0016

-0.0011

-3.90

Wealth Index

      

    Poorest

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Poorer

0.0026

0.0044

0.0016

0.0054

0.0070

24.24

    Middle

0.0052

-0.0042

0.0027

-0.0017

0.0010

3.39

    Richer

0.0032

-0.0119

0.0024

-0.0110

-0.0087

-30.19

    Richest

0.0003

0.0128

0.0004

0.0127

0.0131

45.66

Sex of Household Head

      

    Male

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Female

0.0009

0.0001

0.0006

0.0004

0.0010

3.45

Marital Status

     

    Others

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Married

0.0003

-0.0008

0.0000

-0.0004

-0.0005

-1.69

Place of residence

     

    Urban

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Rural

-0.0081

-0.0021

-0.0037

-0.0065

-0.0102

-35.64

Ecological zones

     

    Mountains

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Hills

0.0004

0.0040

0.0015

0.0030

0.0044

15.45

    Terai

-0.0030

0.0070

-0.0020

0.0060

0.0040

13.88

Religion

      

    Hindu

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Buddhist

-0.0003

0.0013

0.0012

-0.0001

0.0011

3.70

    Muslim

0.0006

0.0007

-0.0003

0.0016

0.0013

4.44

    Kirat

0.0001

-0.0002

0.0000

-0.0002

-0.0001

-0.36

    Christian

-0.0007

0.0002

-0.0005

0.0000

-0.0005

-1.78

Mother’s Education

     

    No education

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Primary

0.0046

0.0003

0.0042

0.0007

0.0049

17.05

    Secondary

0.0456

-0.0236

0.0278

-0.0058

0.0220

76.61

    Higher

0.0419

-0.0810

0.0122

-0.0514

-0.0392

-136.48

Partner’s Education

     

    Uneducated

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Educated

0.0070

0.0003

0.0072

0.0001

0.0073

25.42

Occupation

      

    Not working

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Working

0.0014

0.0084

0.0005

0.0093

0.0098

34.16

Distance

      

    Not a problem

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Problem

0.0019

0.0025

0.0025

0.0019

0.0044

15.30

No. of children

0.0143

-0.0085

0.0115

-0.0057

0.0058

20.20

Explained contributions

   

0.0243

84.76

Residual

    

0.0044

15.24

Total

    

0.0287

100.00

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