Explaining the diminishing of Muslim advantage in child survival in India

Ganguly, Dibyasree; Goli, Srinivas; Rammohan, Anu

doi:10.1186/s41118-022-00177-3

Genus

Journal of Population Sciences

Table 7 Correlation matrix of study variables

From: Explaining the diminishing of Muslim advantage in child survival in India

Variables	Under 5 deaths	Religion	Birth order	Mother’s education	Mother’s mass media exposure	Mother’s sex preference	Household’s head age	Household’s head education	Household’s head wealth quintiles	Household size	Years lived in place of residence	Remained Hindu advantage
Under 5 deaths	1.000
Religion	− 0.022***	1.000
Birth order	0.029***	0.068***	1.000
Mother’s education	− 0.107***	− 0.022***	− 0.153***	1.000
Mother’s mass media exposure	− 0.086***	− 0.012***	− 0.101***	0.361***	1.000
Mother’s sex preference	− 0.007***	0.039***	− 0.012***	0.085***	0.055***	1.000
Household’s head age	0.000	0.000	0.070***	0.034***	0.029***	0.000	1.000
Household’s head education	− 0.051***	− 0.041***	− 0.079***	0.263***	0.191***	0.045***	0.010***	1.000
Household’s head wealth quintiles	− 0.105***	0.035***	− 0.089***	0.353***	0.398***	0.044***	0.040***	0.164***	1.000
Household size	− 0.106***	0.060***	0.124***	− 0.028***	− 0.010***	− 0.045***	0.107***	− 0.046***	0.008***	1.000
Years lived in place of residence	0.021***	0.001	0.078***	− 0.101***	− 0.062***	− 0.022***	0.057***	− 0.091***	− 0.082***	0.071***	1.000
Remained Hindu advantage	− 0.031***	0.088***	0.002	0.080***	0.036***	− 0.002	0.010***	− 0.001	0.041***	0.018***	− 0.035***	1.000
Shifted from Muslim to Hindu advantage	− 0.032***	− 0.042***	− 0.035***	0.031***	0.059***	0.033***	− 0.006**	0.015***	0.101***	− 0.019***	0.008***	− 0.248***
Birth spacing	− 0.113***	− 0.023***	− 0.013***	0.000	− 0.007***	0.008***	0.016***	0.026***	− 0.018***	− 0.040***	0.011***	− 0.005**
Mother’s current age	0.002	− 0.005**	0.022***	0.004*	0.006**	0.000	0.036***	0.006**	0.007***	0.010***	0.050***	− 0.002
Mother’s age at marriage	− 0.067***	− 0.036***	− 0.114***	0.239***	0.152***	0.032***	0.051***	0.141***	0.169***	− 0.031***	− 0.061***	0.050***
Mother’s age at first birth	− 0.053***	− 0.068***	− 0.095***	0.154***	0.094***	− 0.002	0.067***	0.104***	0.111***	− 0.017***	− 0.035***	− 0.012***
Mother’s occupation	0.034***	− 0.140***	0.011***	− 0.167***	− 0.104***	0.008***	− 0.001	− 0.085***	− 0.123***	− 0.064***	0.057***	− 0.049***
Type toilet facility at household	− 0.086***	0.072***	− 0.092***	0.403***	0.329***	0.095***	0.039***	0.276***	0.378***	− 0.023***	− 0.112***	− 0.036***
Household’s source of drinking water	0.001	− 0.003	0.001	0.033***	0.044***	− 0.003	0.009***	0.045***	0.054***	0.011***	− 0.011***	− 0.090***
Type of cooking fuel used at household	− 0.080***	− 0.042***	− 0.106***	0.378***	0.326***	0.073***	0.047***	0.354***	0.276***	− 0.035***	− 0.078***	0.026***
Place of residence	0.070***	− 0.088***	0.067***	− 0.295***	− 0.331***	− 0.073***	− 0.026***	− 0.209***	− 0.394***	0.018***	0.120***	− 0.013***
Remained Muslim advantage	0.068***	− 0.081***	0.039***	− 0.133***	− 0.050***	− 0.027***	− 0.005**	− 0.021***	− 0.112***	0.007***	0.026***	− 0.480***
Shifted from Hindu to Muslim advantage#	− 0.025***	0.060***	− 0.019***	0.062***	− 0.036***	0.004	0.002	0.015***	− 0.001	− 0.010***	− 0.004	− 0.212***

Variables	Shifted from Muslim to Hindu advantage	Birth spacing	Mother’s current age	Mother’s age at marriage	Mother’s age at first birth	Mother’s occupation	Type toilet facility at household	Household’s source of drinking water	Type of cooking fuel used at household	Place of residence	Remained Muslim advantage	Shifted from Hindu to Muslim advantage
Under 5 deaths
Religion
Birth order
Mother’s education
Mother’s mass media exposure
Mother’s sex preference
Household’s head age
Household’s head education
Household’s head wealth quintiles
Household size
Years lived in place of residence
Remained Hindu advantage
Shifted from Muslim to Hindu advantage	1.000
Birth spacing	− 0.002	1.000
Mother’s current age	− 0.002	0.012***	1.000
Mother’s age at marriage	0.005*	− 0.005*	0.016***	1.000
Mother’s age at first birth	0.007***	0.010***	0.029***	0.533***	1.000
Mother’s occupation	0.050***	0.009***	0.002	− 0.053***	− 0.047***	1.000
Type toilet facility at household	0.139***	0.003	0.011***	0.174***	0.109***	− 0.185***	1.000
Household’s source of drinking water	0.063***	0.000	0.001	− 0.008***	− 0.009***	− 0.111***	0.098***	1.000
Type of cooking fuel used at household	0.095***	0.009***	0.008***	0.198***	0.138***	− 0.140***	0.505***	0.079***	1.000
Place of residence	− 0.130***	0.006**	− 0.008***	− 0.155***	− 0.089***	0.181***	− 0.542***	− 0.101***	− 0.438***	1.000
Remained Muslim advantage	− 0.439***	− 0.009***	− 0.001	− 0.074***	− 0.021***	− 0.012***	− 0.128***	0.060***	− 0.061***	0.081***	1.000
Shifted from Hindu to Muslim advantage#	− 0.194***	0.022***	0.005**	0.041***	0.036***	0.019***	0.071***	− 0.051***	− 0.049***	0.044***	− 0.375***	1.000

***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1

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