Table 3.

Oaxaca Decomposition for Changes in Stunting Inequality between 1996/97 & 2014

Variables	E: Elasticity C: Conc. Index t:2014 (t-1): 1996/97
	Variation (1)		Variation (2)
	Et(Ct-Ct-1)	Ct-1(Et-Et-1)	Et-1(Ct-Ct-1)	Ct(Et-Et-1)	Total	%
Child’s age	−0.007	−0.007	−0.004	−0.010	−0.014	16.66
Child’s age squared	0.019	0.006	0.007	0.018	0.025	−29.79
Birth Order	0.002	0.002	−0.001	0.005	0.004	−4.52
Antenatal visit to doctor	0.007	−0.009	0.003	−0.005	−0.002	2.63
Delivery at health facility	0.013	−0.022	0.001	−0.010	−0.009	10.58
Early initiation of breastfeeding	−0.004	0.003	0.002	−0.003	−0.001	0.68
Maternal Schooling (years)	0.038	−0.052	0.010	−0.024	−0.015	17.16
Paternal Schooling (years)	0.003	0.007	0.004	0.005	0.009	−11.13
Maternal CED (Chronic Energy Deficiency)	−0.003	0.000	−0.002	−0.001	−0.003	4.03
Maternal short stature (<145 cm)	−0.007	−0.001	−0.005	−0.002	−0.008	8.98
Wealth Index	−0.013	−0.009	−0.009	−0.013	−0.022	25.82
Residual					−0.050	58.89
Total	0.047	−0.082	0.006	−0.041	−0.085

Note: Variation 1 (2) uses E_t (E_t-1) and C_t-1 (C_t) to weight changes in C and E respectively. See Wagstaff et al. [44] for details