Explaining Sex Differentials in Child Mortality in India: Trends and Determinants

Table 3

Oaxaca decomposition: contribution of selected predictors to child mortality difference between female and male children, India 2005-06.

Summary of Oaxaca decomposition
	Coef.	Std. error
Female	0.14	0.0154
Male	0.09	0.0122
Difference	0.05	0.0196
Explained	0.04	0.0139
Unexplained	0.01	0.0141
% explained	81.95	—
% unexplained (residual)	18.05	—
Details of explained part
Predictors	% contribution to total difference	Std. error
Rural place of residence	5.98	0.0010
Mother’s no education	4.73	0.0012
Mother’s age (15 to 19 and 30+)	5.61	0.0008
Mothers do not have mass media exposure	2.31	0.0014
Non-Hindu religion	0.22	0.0003
SCs/STs caste	0.61	0.0006
Noninstitutional place of delivery/home delivery	−1.39	0.0012
Poor household economic status	3.93	0.0004
No antenatal care received	9.14	0.0013
≥3 birth order	24.27	0.0017
<6 months breastfeeding	40.46	0.0036
<18.5 kg/m^2 mother’s body mass index	0.01	0.0001
Low birth weight	4.12	0.0003
Total explained part	100