Table 6 Detailed decomposition of...

Table 6

Detailed decomposition of disparities in the predicted probability of underweighted children between employed and unemployed mothers

	Endowments effect		Coefficients effect
VARIABLES	Coefficient	Percentage	Coefficient	Percentage
Child age (in months)
0–11 months	–	–	–	–
12–23 months	−0.0008**	−2.42	0.0175	53.91
	(0.0003)		(0.0213)
24–35 months	0.0004***	1.30	0.0189	58.15
	(0.0001)		(0.0216)
36–47 months	0.0007**	2.20	0.0105	32.40
	(0.0003)		(0.0156)
48–59 months	0.002***	7.66	0.0041	12.71
	(0.0009)		(0.0118)
Sex of child
Female	–		–
Male	9.44e−06	0.03	−0.0395	−121.4
	(1.60e−05)		(0.0369)
Type of birth
Single birth	–		–
Multiple births	1.56e−05	0.05	0.0004	1.22
	(0.0001)		(0.0031)
Birth order	0.0044	13.65	0.0275	84.46
	(0.0029)		(0.0439)
Size at birth
Small	–		–
Average	0.0002***	0.77	0.0045	13.87
	(9.71e−05)		(0.0268)
Large	−0.0019***	−5.84	0.0036	11.20
	(0.0005)		(0.0104)
Reported Illness
Illness: No	–		–
Illness: yes	−0.0003	−0.82	−0.0105	−32.32
	(0.0003)		(0.0170)
Maternal education
No education	–		–
Primary	−0.0047***	−14.41	0.0022	6.84
	(0.0012)		(0.0144)
Secondary	0.0036***	11.23	−0.0212	−65.13
	(0.0009)		(0.0318)
Higher	0.0008	2.63	0.0009	2.76
	(0.0007)		(0.0096)
Maternal age	–		–
15–24 years
25–34 years	−0.0016**	−4.81	−0.0487	−149.62
	(0.0006)		(0.0487)
35–49 years	−0.0059**	−18.32	−0.0179	−54.92
	(0.0027)		(0.0199)
Marital status	–		–
Not in union
In_union	0.0003	0.84	0.0004	1.24
	(0.0004)		(0.0472)
Number of siblings	0.0009***	2.66	0.0364	112.01
	(0.0003)		(0.0443)
Maternal Underweight
No	–		–
Yes	−0.0012***	−3.81	−0.0011	−3.40
	(0.0003)		(0.0037)
Household wealth status
Poorest	–		–
Poorer	−0.0009	−2.49	−0.0189	−58.2
	(0.0007)		(0.0195)
Middle	0.0033**	10.22	−0.0302	−92.68
	(0.0014)		(0.0320)
Richer	0.0072***	22.07	−0.0220	−67.61
	(0.0024)		(0.0315)
Richest	0.005***	15.74	−0.0174	−53.63
	(0.0017)		(0.0289)
Place of residence			–
Rural	–		–
Urban	−0.0020	−6.22	0.00551	16.93
	(0.0027)		(0.0288)
Constant			0.117	359.27
			(0.124)

Observations	9,733		9,733	9,733

	Endowments effect		Coefficients effect
VARIABLES	Coefficient	Percentage	Coefficient	Percentage
Child age (in months)
0–11 months	–	–	–	–
12–23 months	−0.0008**	−2.42	0.0175	53.91
	(0.0003)		(0.0213)
24–35 months	0.0004***	1.30	0.0189	58.15
	(0.0001)		(0.0216)
36–47 months	0.0007**	2.20	0.0105	32.40
	(0.0003)		(0.0156)
48–59 months	0.002***	7.66	0.0041	12.71
	(0.0009)		(0.0118)
Sex of child
Female	–		–
Male	9.44e−06	0.03	−0.0395	−121.4
	(1.60e−05)		(0.0369)
Type of birth
Single birth	–		–
Multiple births	1.56e−05	0.05	0.0004	1.22
	(0.0001)		(0.0031)
Birth order	0.0044	13.65	0.0275	84.46
	(0.0029)		(0.0439)
Size at birth
Small	–		–
Average	0.0002***	0.77	0.0045	13.87
	(9.71e−05)		(0.0268)
Large	−0.0019***	−5.84	0.0036	11.20
	(0.0005)		(0.0104)
Reported Illness
Illness: No	–		–
Illness: yes	−0.0003	−0.82	−0.0105	−32.32
	(0.0003)		(0.0170)
Maternal education
No education	–		–
Primary	−0.0047***	−14.41	0.0022	6.84
	(0.0012)		(0.0144)
Secondary	0.0036***	11.23	−0.0212	−65.13
	(0.0009)		(0.0318)
Higher	0.0008	2.63	0.0009	2.76
	(0.0007)		(0.0096)
Maternal age	–		–
15–24 years
25–34 years	−0.0016**	−4.81	−0.0487	−149.62
	(0.0006)		(0.0487)
35–49 years	−0.0059**	−18.32	−0.0179	−54.92
	(0.0027)		(0.0199)
Marital status	–		–
Not in union
In_union	0.0003	0.84	0.0004	1.24
	(0.0004)		(0.0472)
Number of siblings	0.0009***	2.66	0.0364	112.01
	(0.0003)		(0.0443)
Maternal Underweight
No	–		–
Yes	−0.0012***	−3.81	−0.0011	−3.40
	(0.0003)		(0.0037)
Household wealth status
Poorest	–		–
Poorer	−0.0009	−2.49	−0.0189	−58.2
	(0.0007)		(0.0195)
Middle	0.0033**	10.22	−0.0302	−92.68
	(0.0014)		(0.0320)
Richer	0.0072***	22.07	−0.0220	−67.61
	(0.0024)		(0.0315)
Richest	0.005***	15.74	−0.0174	−53.63
	(0.0017)		(0.0289)
Place of residence			–
Rural	–		–
Urban	−0.0020	−6.22	0.00551	16.93
	(0.0027)		(0.0288)
Constant			0.117	359.27
			(0.124)

Observations	9,733		9,733	9,733

Note(s): Standard errors in parentheses

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

Source(s): Authors’ own work

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