Table 4.

Decomposition results for weight-for-age scores

Variables	Estimated Coefficients	Concentration Index	Percentage Contribution
Place of residence (urban)	−0.10598**	0.56550***	14.35321**
	(0.0484)	(0.0153)	(5.7306)
Mother’s education attainment
Primary	−0.20461***	0.27811***	18.91250***
	(0.0432)	(0.0117)	(3.5619)
Secondary and above	−0.27326***	0.71319***	11.81246***
	(0.0797)	(0.0195)	(3.5961)
Source of antenatal care
Doctor	0.04265	0.13920***	−0.19195
	(0.1286)	(0.0519)	(0.6896)
Nurse/Midwife	−0.03193	−0.01113***	−0.27925
	(0.0864)	(0.0033)	(0.7374)
Health insurance	−0.04665	0.04766***	1.03069*
	(0.0392)	(0.0109)	(0.5464)
Age of child	0.06196***	−0.01097	1.16626
	(0.0133)	(0.0073)	(0.7819)
Child size at birth
Very large	0.00318	0.00012	−0.00014
	(0.0528)	(0.0135)	(0.1967)
Larger than average	−0.06838	0.00397	0.10462
	(0.0559)	(0.0118)	(0.4246)
Household wealth quintile
Middle	−0.07669	0.46955***	4.24967
	(0.0629)	(0.0109)	(3.1679)
Rich	−0.31811***	0.80418***	42.66306***
	(0.0692)	(0.0105)	(7.0602)

Source: Authors’ computation

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