Table 3.

Coefficient (behavioral) factors of the decomposition analysis of urban–rural disparity of MAD intake among children aged 6–23 months from EDHS 2019.

	Due to difference in coefficient (E)
	Coefficient (95% CI)	Percent	p -value
Age of the mother
15–24	1
25–34	−0.0283 (−0.065 – 0.008)	−95.5	0.129
35–49	−0.0090 (−0.025 – 0.007)	30.6	0.263
Educational status of mother
Unable to read and write	1
Primary education	−0.033 (−0.202 – 0.137)	−22.9	0.75
Secondary education	−0.0154 (−0.0279 – 0.0081)	−34.6	0.89
College and above	0.002 (0.001 – 0.008)	1.59	0.03*
Age of child
6–11 months	1
12–18 months	−0.0104 (−0.0269 – 0.0060)	35.8	0.214
19–23 months	−0.0053 (−0.02016 – 0.0095)	17.9	0.483
Sex of child
Male	1
Female	−0.05 (−0.02 – 0.081)	−34.7	0.071
Marital status
Married
Not married	−0.0103 (−0.0248 – 0.0042)	34.7	0.165
Number of under-five children
≤ 3
>3	0.02381 (−0.1930 – 0.2407)	80.5	0.83
Total number of children
≤ 3 children
4–6 children	−0.02171(−0.0682 – 0.0247)	−0.92	0.360
>6	0.0006 (−0.0115 - 0.0127)	0.10	0.923
Place of delivery
Home	1
Institution	−0.0862 (−0.1711 – −0.012)	−1.99	0.047*
Postnatal check within 2 months
Yes	1
No	−0.003 (−0.008 – 0.0024)	−1.08	0.280

The symbol * indicates significant level at p < 0.05.