Table 3:

Determinants and decomposition results of height-for-age scores, 2010

Variable	Coefficient	Elasticity	CIk	Contribution	Contribution %
Sex of child
Female	0.026	0.0206	0.0087	0.0002	−0.0964
Child’s age (months)	0.003***	0.1674	0.0051	0.0009	−0.4639
Birth-order of child	0.080***	0.2892	−0.0626	−0.0181	9.7458
Number of under 5 children
≥ 2	0.088***	0.0348	−0.1501	−0.0052	2.8148
Mother’s education
Primary or secondary	−0.178**	−0.1369	0.1281	−0.0175	9.4459
Higher	−0.192**	−0.0345	0.5506	−0.0190	10.2355
Mother’s age at birth (years)
20 – 29	−0.058	−0.0564	−0.0003	0.0000	−0.0101
30 – 39	−0.124**	−0.0609	0.0562	−0.0034	1.8448
≥ 40	−0.208**	−0.0100	−0.0082	0.0001	−0.0440
Area of residence
Rural	0.153***	0.0924	−0.2530	−0.0234	12.5955
Wealth quintile
Poor	−0.179***	−0.0593	−0.3986	0.0236	−12.7241
Middle	−0.225***	−0.0742	0.0034	−0.0003	0.1373
Rich	−0.256***	−0.0841	0.4042	−0.0340	18.3209
Richest	−0.370***	−0.1203	0.8022	−0.0965	51.9807
Household size	0.007	0.0527	−0.0214	−0.0011	0.6075

Statistical significance were marked as

^*=P<0.10,

^**=P<0.05,

^***=P<0.01