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Table 3 Selected characteristics and their contribution to the inequality in at least four ANC visits, DebreBrehan, Ethiopia, 2018

From: Socio-economic inequalities in ANC attendance among mothers who gave birth in the past 12 months in Debre Brehan town and surrounding rural areas, North East Ethiopia: a community-based survey

Variables

Coefficient

P-value

Contribution

Concentration Index (C)

95%CI for C

Wealth index

Poorest(ref)

 Poorer#

−0.17

0.8

−18.6

− 0.54

− 0.62,-0.46

 Middle#

− 0.69

0.32

−16.7

−0.11

− 0.21,-0.02

 Rich#

−0.03

0.96

2.4

0.33

0.24,0.42

 Richest#

0.22

0.78

−37.2

0.775

0.73,0.82

Age of mother

17–19(ref)

 20–25

1.07

0.13

17.4

−0.056

−0.15,0.04

 26–30

1.04

0.14

− 8.1

0.019

−0.05,0.09

 31–44

0.76

0.37

−10

0.056

−0.06,0.18

Birth order

1(ref)

 2

0.03

0.95

−0.4

0.04

−0.06,0.14

 3

0.07

0.91

−1.3

0.13

−0.02,0.3

 4 or more

−0.06

0.944

−0.34

−0.12

− 0.44,0.2

Marital status

Single(ref)

 Married

−15.7

0.99

220

0.015

−0.0003,0.03

 Divorced/widowed#

−18.3

0.98

−53.3

−0.47

−0.79,-0.15

Educationof mother

Primary(ref)

 Secondary #

−0.07

0.88

2.1

0.09

0.008,0.17

 Vocational#

0.088

0.9

−2.9

0.16

0.033,0.3

 Higher #

0.60

0.4

−16.4

0.18

0.0022,0.35

Education of husband

Primary(ref)

 Secondary

−1.8

0.0059*

−34.3

−0.06

−0.15,0.03

 Vocational

−1.007

0.22

11.3

0.073

−0.08,0.23

 Higher#

−1.3

0.099

115

0.28

0.2,0.367

Occupation of mother

Housewife(ref)

 Government employee

−0.778

0.19

16.5

0.088

−0.03,0.21

 Private employee

−0.08

0.93

0.93

0.26

−0.016,0.54

Merchant#

1.16

0.18

−27

0.33

0.14,0.52

Daily worker#

−0.04

0.95

−1.96

−0.58

− 0.71,-0.44

Student/other#

15.7

0.99

−94

0.48

0.19,0.77

Occupation of husband

Government employee(ref)

 Private employee

−1.2

0.015*

23.6

0.07

−0.03,0.17

 Merchant#

−1.1

0.07

36

0.22

0.08,0.35

 Daily worker#

0.45

0.63

18.8

−0.378

−0.5, − 0.256

 Driver/student#

−1.66

0.04*

53.5

−0.45

−0.66,-0.24

Time to hospital

Less than 15 min(ref)

 15–29 min

0.6

0.36

−15.6

0.09

−0.007,0.19

 30–59 min#

0.63

0.48

36

−0.13

− 0.197,-0.06

 1–2 h

−0.79

0.55

0.0076

0.000073

−0.16,0.16

Time to health center

Less than 15 min(ref)

 15–29 min#

−0.09

0.9

−4.6

−0.11

− 0.17,-0.04

 30–59 min

−0.72

0.40

−9.1

−0.1

− 0.27,0.06

 1–2 h

1.3

0.35

4.2

−0.028

− 0.2,0.14

  1. * Variables with non-zero coefficients at < 0.05 p-value
  2. #Variables with non-zero concentration index by 95%CI; CI = Confidence Interval; ref.: referent group
  3. The table portrays the decomposition analysis outputs of the Generalized Linear Model for the attendance of at least four ANC visits.Variables (explanatory or independent variables) are presented in the first column of the table. The second column describes the regression coefficient of each variable with the attendance of at least four ANC visits. Statistically significantly associated variables at P-value < 0.05 are marked with asterisk symbol (third column). The fourth column shows how much each explanatory variable contributes (in percent) to the inequality. In the fifth column, information related to concentration index of each independent variable is presented. This index measures how unequally are the independent variables distributed across the socio-economic sub-populations. Whether this unequal distribution is not by chance is measured by calculating the 95% uncertainty interval around the point estimates (sixth column)
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