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Table 3 Neonatal mortality (0–1 month)

From: Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: a decomposition analysis

    

Sex of the child

Place of residence

Mother’s education

Household wealth

Female

Urban

Primary+

Richest

n

G

mean(y)

mean

b

c

%Gini

mean

b

c

%Gini

mean

b

c

%Gini

mean

b

c

%Gini

Angola 2015–16

445

−.213

−.32

.41

−.15

−.45

40

.51

.01

−.07

0

.31

.12

.07

4

.29

−.26

−.51

56

Benin 2011–12

406

−.065

−.28

.43

.01

.22

6

.43

.00

−.05

0

.13

.12

.87

73

.34

−.03

−.35

21

Burkina Faso 2010

560

−.102

−.29

.44

.03

.32

13

.15

−.07

−.76

25

.06

.08

−.17

0

.29

−.09

−.69

62

Burundi 2016–17

395

−.121

−.31

.46

−.07

−.33

29

.12

−.05

.04

0

.26

−.09

−.36

23

.34

.12

.44

48

Cameroon 2011

434

−.090

−.22

.49

−.03

−.21

14

.38

−.02

.38

0

.44

.03

.48

32

.29

.06

.69

55

Chad 2014–15

712

−.192

−.24

.44

−.10

−.42

42

.20

−.13

−.02

1

.16

−.09

−.39

12

.31

.17

.38

45

Comoros 2012

100

−.255

−.35

.43

−.03

−.17

2

.19

−.10

−.23

5

.33

.06

.33

7

.36

.33

.64

85

Congo 2011–12

250

−.173

−.29

.38

.01

.01

0

.64

.20

.36

90

.71

.03

.24

10

.30

−.01

.02

0

Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12

367

−.122

−.21

.30

−.07

−.66

51

.37

−.07

.16

0

.16

.06

.42

15

.37

.07

.39

34

DRCongo 2013–14

711

−.114

−.30

.47

−.05

−.28

20

.29

−.12

−.55

53

.48

.10

.20

27

.31

.01

−.26

0

Ethiopia 2016

419

−.232

−.30

.33

−.24

−.57

63

.12

.09

.26

4

.10

−.10

−.20

3

.38

.16

.34

30

Gabon 2012

209

−.152

−.38

.42

.03

.18

4

.87

−.10

−.07

11

.66

−.13

−.19

27

.24

.21

.66

58

Gambia 2013

251

−.214

−.36

.45

.04

.10

2

.51

−.09

.15

0

.29

−.16

−.19

10

.33

.34

.67

87

Ghana 2014

208

−.139

−.22

.43

.04

.36

22

.45

−.04

−.09

5

.55

.09

.45

69

.35

.03

.12

4

Guinea 2012

298

−.119

−.24

.46

−.06

−.39

37

.23

.08

−.09

0

.08

−.05

−.59

9

.31

−.11

−.47

54

Kenya 2014

609

−.108

−.30

.46

.02

.15

4

.41

.07

−.06

0

.60

.07

.05

6

.36

−.16

−.54

90

Lesotho 2014

135

−.234

−.21

.45

.00

.00

0

.18

−.02

−.11

1

.70

−.20

−.30

83

.26

.14

.22

16

Liberia 2013

276

−.138

−.23

.46

.03

.18

8

.49

.12

.51

84

.29

.03

.34

8

.34

−.05

.26

0

Malawi 2015–16

586

−.174

−.25

.41

−.12

−.50

54

.14

.19

.70

41

.31

−.02

−.09

1

.34

−.07

−.05

3

Mali 2012–13

437

−.178

−.22

.39

−.06

−.30

18

.14

.16

.45

25

.08

−.24

−.92

47

.26

−.08

−.18

10

Mozambique 2011

441

−.168

−.26

.43

−.11

−.40

41

.29

.03

.41

8

.15

−.08

−.01

0

.35

.12

.55

50

Namibia 2013

136

−.126

−.30

.41

−.07

−.39

30

.45

.02

.27

6

.80

−.09

−.11

21

.29

.09

.61

44

Niger 2012

422

−.142

−.39

.44

−.15

−.40

49

.10

−.16

−.08

2

.04

−.09

−.35

2

.29

.17

.51

46

Nigeria 2013

1465

−.137

−.21

.45

−.08

−.55

72

.31

−.06

−.33

21

.40

.00

−.03

0

.29

−.02

−.31

7

Rwanda 2014–15

227

−.180

−.38

.48

−.22

−.52

81

.14

.14

.47

14

.34

−.02

−.11

1

.34

−.11

−.07

4

Senegal 2010–11

476

−.105

−.26

.38

−.10

−.60

79

.31

.07

.28

21

.11

.00

.26

0

.29

−.03

.03

0

Sierra Leone 2013

562

−.119

−.24

.47

−.08

−.47

63

.30

−.03

−.02

1

.26

−.07

−.42

27

.37

.05

.14

10

Tanzania 2015–16

355

−.238

−.32

.44

−.12

−.30

17

.36

.33

.64

82

.74

−.04

−.02

1

.42

−.14

.27

0

Togo 2013–14

224

−.141

−.21

.41

−.06

−.19

12

.33

.18

.37

55

.26

−.10

−.51

33

.33

−.12

.23

0

Uganda 2016

574

−.141

−.34

.45

−.08

−.30

22

.20

.09

.28

11

.44

−.15

−.47

66

.37

.03

.03

1

Zambia 2013–14

436

−.089

−.29

.42

−.02

−.33

9

.32

.03

.40

15

.49

−.08

−.25

41

.34

.07

.38

35

Zimbabwe 2015

206

−.234

−.22

.46

−.17

−.54

81

.29

−.07

−.29

12

.84

−.09

−.05

7

.28

.02

−.27

0

  1. G: Gini index; mean(y): mean of the predicted (ln) death rates; mean: mean of the dummy variable (coded 0/1), corresponds to the proportion of the factor in the country; b: regression coefficient from a multivariate Poisson model (in bold if significant); %Gini: relative factor’s contribution calculated with the regression-based decomposition of the Gini indexh; A few negative contributions were restricted to 0