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Table 5 Effect and contribution of predictor variables of modern contraceptive use among female adolescents based on decomposition analysis in selected south Asian countries

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in contraceptive use among female adolescents in south Asian countries: a decomposition analysis

Predictors

Elasticity

CI

Absolute

% contribution

INDIA, N = 94,034

    

20–24 age (years)

0.1418

0.0149

0.0084

16.70

Rural place of residence

− 0.0446

− 0.0648

0.0116

23.06

Poor economic status

0.0268

0.446

0.0479

95.23

Illiterate

0.0696

0.0926

0.0258

51.29

Unemployed

NA

NA

NA

NA

Illiterate partner

NA

NA

NA

NA

Vulnerable age at first sex (years)

− 0.0392

0.1183

− 0.0186

− 36.98

Birth order 3 +

0.0687

− 0.0903

− 0.0248

− 49.30

Total

  

0.0503

100.00

BANGLADESH, N = 5074

    

20–24 age (years)

0.046

0.009

0.001

6.67

Rural place of residence

− 0.154

− 0.064

0.039

260.00

Poor economic status

− 0.001

0.26

− 0.001

− 6.67

Illiterate

0.057

0.098

0.022

146.67

Unemployed

0.021

− 0.088

− 0.007

− 46.67

Illiterate partner

− 0.01

0.072

− 0.002

− 13.33

Vulnerable age at first sex (years)

− 0.015

0.18

− 0.011

− 73.33

Birth order 3 +

0.039

− 0.168

− 0.026

− 173.33

Total

  

0.015

100

PAKISTAN, N = 2569

    

20–24 age (years)

0.01

0.013

0.0

0.00

Rural place of residence

− 0.046

− 0.081

0.015

16.30

Poor economic status

0.024

0.45

0.044

47.83

Illiterate

0.036

0.32

0.046

50.00

Unemployed

0.003

− 0.357

− 0.004

− 4.35

Illiterate partner

− 0.001

0.137

0

0.00

Vulnerable age at first sex (years)

NA

NA

NA

NA

Birth order 3 +

0.06

− 0.038

− 0.009

− 9.78

Total

  

0.092

100

NEPAL, N = 2474

    

20–24 age (years)

0.082

0.014

0.004

− 21.05

Rural place of residence

− 0.061

− 0.049

0.012

− 63.16

Poor economic status

− 0.005

0.404

− 0.009

47.37

Illiterate

0.06

0.009

0.002

− 10.53

Unemployed

0.029

− 0.175

− 0.02

105.26

Illiterate partner

0.04

0.011

0.001

− 5.26

Vulnerable age at first sex (years)

0.002

0.094

0.001

− 5.26

Birth order 3 +

0.038

− 0.07

− 0.01

52.63

Total

  

− 0.019

100.00

  1. Totals of every country are provided in bold
  2. DHS = Demographic Health Survey; C.I. = Concentration Index; N = Sample; NA = Not Available