Table 5 Decomposition model estimates the contribution of low birth weight to stunting, wasting, and underweight, India
Independent Variables | Stunting | Wasting | Underweight | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coef | p value | 95% CI | Coef | p value | 95% CI | Coef | p value | 95% CI | ||||
Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | Lower | |||||||
Age of the child | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | -0.002 | 0.000 | -0.003 | -0.002 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Place of residence | 0.000 | 0.881 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.089 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Mother's education | -0.003 | 0.000 | -0.003 | -0.002 | -0.001 | 0.000 | -0.001 | -0.001 | -0.004 | 0.000 | -0.004 | -0.003 |
Wealth index | -0.004 | 0.000 | -0.005 | -0.004 | -0.002 | 0.000 | -0.002 | -0.001 | -0.005 | 0.000 | -0.006 | -0.005 |
Mother's age at delivery | -0.009 | 0.000 | -0.010 | -0.009 | -0.001 | 0.000 | -0.001 | -0.001 | -0.007 | 0.000 | -0.007 | -0.006 |
Mother's height | -0.002 | 0.000 | -0.002 | -0.002 | 0.000 | 0.006 | -0.001 | 0.000 | -0.002 | 0.000 | -0.002 | -0.002 |
Sex of the child | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Birth order | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.084 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.002 | 0.002 |
Phase of the survey | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.001 |
Number of observations | 149925 | 151912 | 150419 | |||||||||
N of obs G = 0 | 125,281 | 126923 | 125673 | |||||||||
N of obs G = 0 | 24644 | 24989 | 24746 | |||||||||
Pr(Y! = 0G = 0) [a] | 0.311 | 0.178 | 0.276 | |||||||||
Pr(Y! = 0G = 1) [b] | 0.405 | 0.225 | 0.412 | |||||||||
Difference [a-b] | -0.093 | -0.048 | -0.136 | |||||||||
Total explained [c] | -0.014 | -0.005 | -0.013 | |||||||||
% Total contribution c/[a-b]*100 | 14.81 | 10.42 | 9.56 | |||||||||