Table 7 Inequalities by socio-economic status in preventive care and illness in children under two years (source: household survey)

VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months)

BCG before 12 months of age

642/719

84

89

93

88

92

0.9

0.15

DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age

584/719

76

79

86

75

90

0.8

0.03

OPV3 before 12 months of age

652/719

87

90

94

90

92

0.9

0.25

Measles before 12 months of age

495/719

61

68

68

71

74

0.8

0.02

Vitamin A in previous 6 months

499/705

67

64

75

72

76

0.9

0.15

MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months)

Slept under a net last night

413/1,389

16

21

28

29

50

0.3

<0.0001

Slept under a treated net last night

159/1,389

4

5

11

10

25

0.2

<0.0001

Slept under a recently-treated net last night

125/1,389

3

4

6

9

20

0.2

<0.0001

MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months)

Malaria parasitaemia

778/1,244

68

67

68

64

50

1.4

0.0001

Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL)

383/1,246

46

31

33

29

21

2.2

<0.0001

RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months)

Illness in the last two weeks

670/1,398

44

50

51

47

47

0.9

0.90

Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc)

307/670

44

47

45

42

49

0.9

0.81

Admissions in the previous year

226/1,402

20

13

13

18

17

1.2

0.77

NUTRITION

Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old

77/327

30

20

33

21

17

1.8

0.09

Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old

397/1,233

43

32

30

35

25

1.7

0.001