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Table 9 Oaxaca blinder decomposition analysis for no postnatal checkup

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

0.0000

0.0013

-0.0001

0.0013

0.0012

1.08

    35 to 49

-0.0005

-0.0021

-0.0015

-0.0010

-0.0025

-2.23

Wealth Index

      

    Poorest

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Poorer

0.0008

-0.0029

0.0015

-0.0035

-0.0020

-1.78

    Middle

0.0018

0.0023

0.0032

0.0010

0.0041

3.64

    Richer

0.0013

0.0125

0.0021

0.0117

0.0138

12.14

    Richest

0.0004

0.0125

0.0005

0.0123

0.0129

11.31

Sex of Household Head

      

    Male

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Female

0.0006

0.0001

0.0003

0.0004

0.0007

0.63

Marital Status

      

    Others

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Married

-0.0001

0.0000

-0.0001

0.0000

-0.0001

-0.05

Place of residence

     

    Urban

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Rural

-0.0008

0.0021

-0.0050

0.0064

0.0013

1.15

Ecological zones

     

    Mountains

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Hills

0.0022

0.0029

0.0029

0.0022

0.0051

4.44

    Terai

-0.0031

0.0031

-0.0026

0.0026

0.0000

0.00

    Religion

      

    Hindu

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Buddhist

0.0000

0.0020

0.0021

-0.0002

0.0020

1.73

    Muslim

0.0002

0.0001

0.0000

0.0003

0.0003

0.26

    Kirat

0.0000

0.0005

0.0001

0.0003

0.0004

0.37

    Christian

0.0002

-0.0004

-0.0002

0.0000

-0.0002

-0.14

Women’s Education

     

    No education

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Primary

-0.0005

-0.0031

0.0027

-0.0062

-0.0036

-3.13

    Secondary

0.0027

0.0180

0.0164

0.0043

0.0207

18.21

    Higher

0.0047

0.0078

0.0075

0.0050

0.0124

10.92

Partner’s Education

     

    Uneducated

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Educated

-0.0016

0.0167

0.0073

0.0078

0.0152

13.30

Occupation

      

    Not working

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Working

0.0008

0.0067

0.0000

0.0075

0.0075

6.56

Distance

      

    Not a problem

-

-

-

-

-

-

    Problem

-0.0023

0.0145

0.0011

0.0111

0.0122

10.67

No. of children

0.0042

0.0098

0.0074

0.0066

0.0140

12.26

Explained contributions

   

0.1154

101.33

Residual

    

-0.0015

-1.33

Total

    

0.1139

100.00

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