Residence-based inequalities in overweight/obesity in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis

Atsu, Priscilla; Mohammed, Aliu; Adu, Collins; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Seidu, Abdul-Aziz

doi:10.1186/s41182-024-00593-5

Table 4 Decomposition analysis of factors contributing to rural–urban disparities in overweight/obesity

From: Residence-based inequalities in overweight/obesity in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis

Variables	Difference due to characteristics (E)		Difference due to coefficients (C)
Variables	Coefficient	Percent	Coefficient	Percent
% Total explained disparity	0.10163***	54.09	0.08624***	45.91
R	0.18787***
Women’s age (years)
15–19	− 0.00033***	− 0.18	0.00744***	3.96
20–24	− 0.00308***	− 1.64	0.00070	0.37
25–29	− 0.00040***	− 0.21	− 0.00068	− 0.36
30–34	0.00004***	0.02	− 0.00139*	− 0.74
35–39	− 0.00060***	− 0.32	− 0.00138*	− 0.74
40–44	− 0.00164***	− 0.87	− 0.00094	− 0.50
45–49	− 0.00250***	− 1.33	− 0.00032	− 0.17
Total		− 4.53		1.82
Marital status
Never in union	− 0.00297***	− 1.58	− 0.00329*	− 1.75
Married	− 0.00238***	− 1.27	0.00251	1.34
Living with partner	− 0.00015**	− 0.08	− 0.00015	− 0.08
Widowed	0.00005*	0.02	0.00020	0.11
Divorced	0.00016*	0.08	0.00002	0.01
Separated	− 0.00007	− 0.04	0.00007	0.04
Total		− 2.87		− 0.33
Level of education
No education	0.00936***	4.98	0.01941***	10.33
Primary	0.00040	0.21	0.00418**	2.22
Secondary	0.00550***	2.93	− 0.00522***	− 2.78
Higher	0.00241***	1.28	− 0.00084***	− 0.45
Total		9.40		9.32
Current working status
No	0.00020*	0.11	− 0.00217**	− 1.15
Yes	0.00020*	0.11	0.00308**	1.64
Total		0.22		0.49
Parity
Zero birth	− 0.00488***	− 2.60	− 0.00647***	− 3.45
One birth	− 0.00018	− 0.09	− 0.00110	− 0.58
Two births	0.00035***	0.19	0.00027	0.14
Three births	0.00008***	0.04	0.00131*	0.70
Four or more births	− 0.00208**	− 1.10	0.00812***	4.32
Total		− 3.56		1.13
Frequency of watching television
Not at all	0.01160***	6.17	0.01281***	6.82
Less than once a week	0.00104***	0.55	− 0.00244***	− 1.30
At least once a week	0.04191***	22.31	− 0.00750***	− 3.99
Total		29.03		1.53
Household size
Small	− 0.00009	− 0.05	− 0.00039	− 0.21
Medium	− 0.00026	− 0.14	0.00504***	2.68
Large	0.00001	0.00	− 0.00122**	− 0.65
Total		− 0.19		1.82
Wealth index
Poorest	0.01854***	9.87	− 0.00462**	− 2.46
Poorer	0.00472***	2.51	− 0.00060	− 0.32
Middle	− 0.00079	− 0.42	0.00035	0.19
Richer	0.00444***	2.36	0.00258***	1.37
Richest	0.02304***	12.27	0.00013	0.07
Total		26.59		− 1.15
Constant			0.05872***	31.25

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