Table 3.

Decomposition of the concentration index

Variables	Elasticity	Concentration index	Contribution (%)
Area of residence (urban)	0.346	0.069	0.024 (9.44)
Ethnic group (Brahmin, Chhetri, Madhesi, Janajati and Newar)	0.124	0.030	0.004 (1.44)
Religion	0.425	0.006	0.003 (1.10)
Media exposure	0.482	0.093	0.045 (17.74)
Low HDI province (province 2 and Karnali)	0.345	0.046	0.016 (6.23)
Household head education	0.348	0.195	0.068 (26.70)
Residual			0.09 (37.37)
Total			0.25 (100)

HDI, Human Development Index.