Table 3.

Decomposition results from height-for-age scores

Variables	Estimated Coefficients	Concentration Index	Percentage Contribution
Place of residence (urban)	−0.0732	0.56550***	7.85282
	(0.0551)	(0.0153)	(5.2993)
Mother’s education attainment
Primary	−0.17636***	0.27811***	12.91317***
	(0.0508)	(0.0117)	(3.3894)
Secondary and above	−0.30692***	0.71319***	10.50996**
	(0.1155)	(0.0195)	(4.0899)
Source of antenatal care
Doctor	−0.39623**	0.13920***	1.41282*
	(0.1584)	(0.0519)	(0.7509)
Nurse/Midwife	−0.19795*	−0.01113***	−1.37141*
	(0.1040)	(0.0033)	(0.7924)
Health insurance	−0.10924*	0.04766***	1.91208***
	(0.0589)	(0.0109)	(0.6514)
Age of child	0.21001***	−0.01097	3.13153
	(0.0188)	(0.0073)	(1.9676)
Child size at birth
Very large	−0.0189	0.00012	0.00065
	(0.0709)	(0.0135)	(0.2493)
Larger than average	−0.05438	0.00397	0.06592
	(0.0666)	(0.0118)	(0.3196)
Household wealth quintile
Middle	−0.15129**	0.46955***	6.64145**
	(0.0766)	(0.0109)	(3.2391)
Rich	−0.46485***	0.80418***	49.38621***
	(0.0726)	(0.0105)	(6.3955)

Source: Authors’ computation

Statistical significance were marked as * =p < 0.10, ** =p < 0.05, *** =p < 0.01. Bootstrapped standard errors are reported in parenthesis