Table 3 Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition showing contribution of different variables towards endowments effect, coefficients effect and interaction effect, Nepal MICS 2019 (N = 6277)
Variables | Endowments effect | Coefficients effect | Interaction effect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Coefficient (Std. err) | Percent contribution | Coefficient (Std. err) | Percent contribution | Coefficient (Std. err) | Percent contribution |
Child’s age (months) | -0.003 (0.009) | -1.3 | 0.027 (0.087) | 8.8 | 0.0001 (0.0005) | -0.2 |
Child’s sex | -0.002 (0.002) | -1.1 | -0.001 (0.002) | -0.3 | -0.001 (0.002) | 1.6 |
Mother’s age at birth | -0.002 (0.005) | -1.1 | 0.030 (0.055) | 9.8 | 0.013 (0.008) | -18.7 |
Maternal education | 0.086*** (0.023) | 40.7 | 0.030 (0.022) | 9.6 | -0.020* (0.031) | 27.6 |
Number of under-five children in household | -0.001 (0.009) | -0.3 | 0.144* (0.088) | 46.7 | 0.005 (0.014) | -6.5 |
Type of toilet facility | 0.013 (0.01) | 6.1 | 0.037 (0.073) | 12.2 | 0.007 (0.014) | -10.0 |
Ethnic group | 0.012 (0.026) | 5.8 | 0.045 (0.085) | 14.6 | -0.050* (0.030) | 70.6 |
Residence | 0.035* (0.022) | 16.9 | 0.001 (0.003) | 0.4 | -0.017 (0.029) | 23.5 |
Province | 0.072** (0.032) | 34.3 | 0.007 (0.016) | 2.4 | -0.009 (0.043) | 12.1 |
_cons | Â | Â | -0.013 (0.197) | -4.2 | Â | Â |
Total | 0.210 | 100 | 0.308 | 100 | -0.071 | 100 |