This analysis reveals inequalities in birth registration among children in Pakistan, indicating behavioral and compositional causes.
Key Points
Only 42.54% of children under five in Pakistan have their births registered, exposing them to risks of statelessness and discrimination.
Key evidence shows that household characteristics drive the birth registration disparity in the Punjab-Sindh group, accounting for 95.23% of the inequality.
Using Fairlie decomposition analysis on data from the 2017-2018 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey provides insights into disparities across three provincial groups.
Addressing these disparities may enable equitable birth registration and aid in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of universal birth registration.