Table 3. Summary result of Oaxaca decomposition analysis showing the mean differences in z-scores of weight-for age, height-for-age, and height-for-age among poor and non-poor children in urban India, 2005–06.
Weight-for-age | Height-for-age | Weight-for-height | ||||
Mean | P-value | Mean | P-value | Mean | P-value | |
Mean prediction high (Non-poor) | −1.54 | 0.00 | −1.78 | 0.000 | −1.32 | 0.00 |
Mean prediction low (Poor) | −2.03 | 0.00 | −2.33 | 0.000 | −1.54 | 0.00 |
Raw differential (Non-poor–poor) | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.54 | 0.000 | 0.22 | 0.00 |
Due to endowments | 0.26 | 0.00 | 0.20 | 0.000 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
Due to coefficients | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.19 | 0.013 | 0.08 | 0.04 |
Due to interaction | 0.01 | 0.80 | 0.16 | 0.082 | 0.04 | 0.12 |