Skip to main content

Table 3 Decomposition of under-5 GMNP uptake

From: Socioeconomic disparities in Rwanda’s under-5 population’s growth tracking and nutrition promotion: findings from the 2019–2020 demographic and health survey

Variable

Elasticity

Concentration Index

Absolute Contribution

% Contribution

Child’s age (months)

0.0468

0.0041

0.0008

0.5590

Preceeding birth interval

-0.0325

-0.0153

0.0020

1.4708

Birthweight (kg)

0.0433

-0.0015

-0.0003

-0.1927

Child’s sex

0.0262

-0.0040

-0.0004

-0.3124

Place of delivery

0.0027

0.3308

0.0035

2.6097

Mother’s age

0.0594

0.0041

0.0010

0.7257

Family motility

0.1309

0.0280

0.0147

10.8086

Mother’s education

-0.0176

-0.1009

0.0071

5.2514

Household size

-0.0543

0.0069

-0.0015

-1.1003

Mother read newspaper

0.0100

-0.1505

-0.0060

-4.4370

Mother listen to radio

0.0412

-0.0522

-0.0086

-6.3425

Mother watch tv

0.0156

-0.1587

-0.0099

-7.3178

Mother surf internet

-0.0112

-0.5608

0.0250

18.4502

Health insurance coverage

0.0886

-0.0166

-0.0059

-4.3481

Mother’s marital status

0.0344

0.0121

0.0017

1.2231

Mother’s employment

0.0305

0.0686

0.0084

6.1858

Sex of household head

-0.0745

-0.0169

0.0050

3.7098

Household wealth

-0.0711

-0.0749

0.0213

15.7047

Geographical region

-0.1270

0.0610

-0.0310

-22.8640

Place of residence

0.4411

0.0633

0.1117

82.3650