Table 2.

Fairlie decomposition of hysterectomy in three high prevalence states of India

	Andhra Pradesh		Telangana		Bihar
Number of obs.	16,368		26,177		62,098
Difference	0.0026		−0.0051		−0.0112
Total explained	0.0033		0.0007		0.0032
% Total explained contribution	−92.6		−14.1		−28.3
Variable	Coeff.	% Contribution	Coeff.	% Contribution	Coef.	% Contribution
Age	−0.0080	− 309.3	− 0.0196	381.6	− 0.0041	36.7
Schooling	0.0031	121.6	0.0014	−26.9	0.0006	−4.1
Place of residence	−0.0006	−21.8	− 0.0064	126.5	0.0001	−0.5
Religion	0.0001	−3.3	−0.0000	0.7	−0.0006	5.8
Caste	−0.0007	− 27.8	− 0.0013	24.8	0.0006	−5.5
Children ever born	−0.0009	−34.0	0.0000	0.9	−0.0008	6.9
Ever use of family planning	0.0004	14.1	0.0091	− 179.6	0.0192	− 170.5
Wealth index	0.0036	141.4	0.0053	− 104.6	0.0003	−2.7
Health insurance	0.0036	−18.9	0.0001	−2.5	−0.0002	1.5