Table 7.
Decomposition of child obesity differences due to characteristic endowment.
| Panel A: Reference group (Urban children) | Panel B: Reference group (Left-behind children) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vs. Comparison group (rural children) | vs. Comparison group (non-left-behind children) | |||
| C | Pct. (%) | C | Pct. (%) | |
| Overall difference | −0.0353(0.000) | 100 | 0.0005(0.902) | 100 |
| Explainable differences | −0.0212(0.000) | 60.10 | 0.0089(0.000) | 1644.70 |
| Unexplained differences | −0.0141(0.010) | 39.90 | −0.0083(0.095) | −1544.70 |
| Due to Difference in Characteristics | ||||
| Grandchild care | −0.0005(0.003) | 1.42 | 0.0088(0.000) | 1633.16 |
| Public medical insurance | −0.0001(0.025) | 0.32 | −0.0003(0.250) | −63.79 |
| Commercial medical insurance | −0.0006(0.455) | 1.69 | 0.0015(0.062) | 269.43 |
| Medical utilization | 0.0002(0.003) | −0.61 | −0.0015(0.000) | −280.39 |
| Age | 0.0005(0.000) | −1.51 | −0.0113(0.002) | −2093.15 |
| Age-square | −0.0002(0.149) | 0.69 | −0.0047(0.322) | −871.74 |
| Gender | −0.0001(0.000) | 0.32 | −0.0001(0.005) | −21.15 |
| Income | −0.0030(0.139) | 8.40 | 0.0027(0.002) | 497.75 |
| Education | −0.0133(0.000) | 37.72 | 0.0095(0.000) | 1753.93 |
| Middle area | 0.0002(0.407) | −0.56 | −0.0002(0.792) | −43.99 |
| Western area | −0.0050(0.004) | 14.16 | 0.0019(0.000) | 351.23 |
The results related to the coefficient effect (unexplainable part) are not listed.