Table 2.
Detailed decomposition of Erreygers normalized concentration index.
| Contributing factors | Marg. Effects | Elas. | Ck | % Contr. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual characteristics | |||||
| Children’s age (ref: 6–23 months) | |||||
| 24–42 months | −0.779* | −0.001 | 0.001 | −0.31 | |
| 43–59 months | −1.150* | 0.007 | −0.008 | 4.36 | |
| Sex (ref: Men) | |||||
| Women | 0.397* | 0.001 | 0.001 | −0.31 | |
| Mother’s age (ref: 15–24) | |||||
| 25–34 years | −0.054 | 0.008 | −0.000 | 0.24 | |
| ≥ 35 years | −0.088* | 0.0256 | −0.002 | 1.23 | |
| Health-related variables | |||||
| Vaccination coverage (ref: Complete) | |||||
| Incomplete | −0.613* | 0.012 | −0.008 | 4.11 | |
| Place of delivery (ref: Institutional) | |||||
| Non-Institutional | 0.003 | −0.039 | −0.000 | 0.08 | |
| Use of antiparasitic in the last 6 months (ref: No) | |||||
| Yes | −0.117* | −0.039 | 0.005 | −2.52 | |
| Health insurance (ref: Yes) | |||||
| No | 0.134 | −0.022 | −0.003 | 1.66 | |
| Household-related variables | |||||
| Mother’s education level (ref: No education/primary) | |||||
| Secondary | −0.043 | −0.037 | 0.002 | −0.89 | |
| Higher | −0.384* | 0.126 | −0.048 | 26.26 | |
| Exposure to media (ref: No) | |||||
| Yes | −0.189 | 0.053 | −0.010 | 5.45 | |
| Source of drinking water (ref: Unsafe) | |||||
| Safe | 0.137* | −0.067 | −0.009 | 5.02 | |
| Community-related variables | |||||
| Area of residency (ref: Urban) | |||||
| Rural | 0.052 | −0.160 | −0.008 | 4.55 | |
| Region of origin (ref: Lima) | |||||
| Rest of the Coast | 0.105* | 0.033 | 0.003 | −1.94 | |
| Highlands | 0.568* | −0.081 | −0.046 | 24.91 | |
| Jungle | 0.295* | −0.062 | −0.018 | 9.95 | |
| Sum of ECI | −0.148 | 81.85 | |||
| Residual (unexplained) | −0.037 | 18.15 | |||
| Erreygers-corrected concentration index | −0.184 | ||||
*indicates statistically significant (p < 0.05) marginal effect derived from multivariable probit regression model.
Elas., elasticity (βk * x̅k /μ); ECI, Erreygers´ concentration index; and Ck, Erreygers-corrected concentration index of determinant k.