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. 2024 Jul 17;12:1361673. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1361673

Table 2.

Endowment factors of decomposition analysis of urban–rural disparity of MAD intake among children aged 6–23 months from EDHS 2019.

Coefficient with 95% CI Percent p-value
Raw difference 0.37 100 0.000
Explained 0.27 70.2 0.046
Unexplained 0.09 45.1 0.003
Endowment (explained characteristics)
Age of the mother
15–24 1
25–34 −0.003 (0.018 – 0.006) −1.96 0.645
35–49 −0.001 (−0.003 – 0.002) −0.04 0.403
Educational status of mother
Unable to read and write 1
Primary education −0.00189 (−0.00271 – 0.00345) −3.88 0.452
Secondary education −0.0129 (−0.0286 – 0.0026) 43.89 0.675
College and above 0.1313 (0.0332 – 0.245) 23.95 0.000 *
Age of child
6–11 months 1
12–18 months 0.00052 (−0.0003 – 0.0.0014) 1.77 0.236
19–23 months −0.002 (−0.003 – −0.0011) −30.7 0.003 *
Sex of child
Male 1
Female −0.0026 (−0.0025 – 0.0085) −0.88 0.385
Marital status
Married 1
Not married 0.002 (−0.007 – 0.001) 22.5 0.776
Number of under–five children
≤ 3 1
>3 −0.0012 (−0.0072 – 0.0252) −0.49 0.009 *
Total number of children
≤ 3 children 1
4 children −0.036 (−0.025 – −0.0085) −3.36 0.023 *
>6 −0.00181 (−0.0052 – 0.00165) −6.12 0.305
Place of delivery
Home 1
Institution 0.01399 (−0.02761 – 0.00253) 43.89 0.534
Postnatal check within 2 months
Yes 1
No −0.001 (−0.0022 – 0.0005) −0.59 0.212

*Statistically significant at p < 0.05.