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Published in final edited form as: Econ Hum Biol. 2012 May 4;11(3):294–309. doi: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.04.010

Table 3.

Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition results between urban children and rural children.

	OLS regression		Logistic regression
	Height-for-age Z score	Weight-for-age Z score	Stunted	Underweight
Predicted value
Rural children	−0.93^*** (0.01)	−0.35^*** (0.01)	19.67%^*** (0.0040)	3.26%^*** (0.0018)
Urban children	−0.31^*** (0.02)	0.09^*** (0.02)	9.38%^*** (0.0052)	1.60%^*** (0.0024)
Difference in predicted value
Total difference (rural–urban)	−0.62^*** (0.03)	−0.44^*** (0.03)	10.29%^*** (0.0066)	1.67%^*** (0.0030)
Explained difference	−0.33^*** (0.02)	−0.25^*** (0.02)	5.87%^*** (0.0042)	0.92%^*** (0.0017)
Unexplained difference	−0.29^*** (0.03)	−0.19^*** (0.03)	4.42%^*** (0.0068)	0.75%^** (0.0030)

Notes: Robust standard errors are reported in parenthesis.

^**

p < 0.05.

^***

p < 0.01.