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

Van Malderen, Carine; Amouzou, Agbessi; Barros, Aluisio J. D.; Masquelier, Bruno; Van Oyen, Herman; Speybroeck, Niko

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7111-8

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Table 4 Post-neonatal mortality (1–11 months)

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	3069	−.042	−4.48	.50	−.10	−.26	7	.59	−.10	−.34	11	.39	−.04	−.45	4	.33	−.68	−.67	79
Benin 2011–12	2762	−.050	− 4.5	.48	−.27	−.26	14	.41	.11	−.21	0	.18	−.07	−.49	3	.34	−.87	−.66	83
Burkina Faso 2010	3264	−.036	−3.87	.50	−.05	−.24	4	.16	−.07	−.78	6	.07	−.36	−.84	16	.33	−.47	−.67	74
Burundi 2016–17	2684	−.047	−4.26	.48	−.01	−.20	0	.10	.43	−.43	0	.26	−.45	−.63	34	.33	−.67	−.66	65
Cameroon 2011	2603	−.042	−4.07	.49	−.14	−.16	7	.43	−.10	−.39	10	.47	−.49	−.53	71	.33	−.12	−.55	12
Chad 2014–15	3957	−.033	−3.77	.48	−.14	−.38	20	.21	.12	.07	1	.17	−.67	−.83	78	.33	−.01	−.11	0
Comoros 2012	658	−.093	−5	.51	.20	.15	3	.27	−.56	−.58	19	.35	−1.60	−.65	78	.36	.06	−.13	0
Congo 2011–12	2056	−.022	−4.59	.51	−.29	−.47	68	.61	−.21	−.22	28	.72	.09	.01	1	.34	−.04	−.29	4
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12	1763	−.035	−4.06	.50	−.37	−.39	50	.36	−.07	−.36	7	.19	−.39	−.76	38	.33	−.07	−.37	6
DRCongo 2013–14	4102	−.025	−4.04	.50	.05	.14	3	.30	.26	−.25	0	.50	−.17	−.36	24	.33	−.43	−.63	73
Ethiopia 2016	2120	−.043	−4.47	.51	−.32	−.32	28	.12	−.68	−.83	35	.12	−.72	−.86	37	.35	.02	−.08	0
Gabon 2012	1352	−.029	−4.82	.48	−.33	−.37	42	.84	−.58	−.16	56	.77	−.03	−.12	2	.35	.03	.00	0
Gambia 2013	1826	−.032	−4.89	.52	−.07	−.14	3	.46	.37	.11	12	.33	−.59	−.67	85	.31	.03	.05	0
Ghana 2014	1239	−.028	−4.87	.47	−.01	−.13	1	.45	.28	.11	10	.59	−.51	−.41	89	.32	.02	.03	0
Guinea 2012	1579	−.063	−4.01	.48	−.11	−.22	4	.26	.28	−.51	0	.14	−.78	−.82	30	.32	−.94	−.64	66
Kenya 2014	4028	−.024	−4.5	.50	−.25	−.22	25	.35	.30	.30	29	.61	−.29	−.28	46	.32	−.02	−.04	0
Lesotho 2014	740	−.051	−4.29	.53	−.42	−.31	32	.26	.40	.49	23	.82	−.51	−.11	20	.31	.40	.43	24
Liberia 2013	1712	−.025	−4.21	.47	.21	.35	32	.49	.18	.01	1	.32	−.30	−.62	56	.31	−.17	−.25	12
Malawi 2015–16	3296	−.018	−4.62	.48	.00	.16	0	.14	−.15	−.82	20	.30	.02	−.05	0	.33	−.30	−.67	80
Mali 2012–13	2171	−.039	−4.33	.49	−.01	−.21	1	.20	−.43	−.79	40	.10	−.04	−.74	2	.35	−.44	−.65	58
Mozambique 2011	2474	−.031	−4.03	.49	.10	.20	8	.27	−.14	−.63	20	.18	−.19	−.74	21	.32	−.29	−.67	52
Namibia 2013	1111	−.036	−4.52	.51	.26	.30	23	.45	−.42	−.43	47	.78	−.40	−.16	30	.29	.25	−.14	0
Niger 2012	2694	−.024	−4.14	.48	.10	.37	18	.13	−.65	−.87	73	.06	.20	.10	1	.33	−.05	−.40	7
Nigeria 2013	6797	−.046	−4.07	.51	−.14	−.18	7	.35	−.06	−.47	5	.46	−.44	−.53	58	.33	−.27	−.62	30
Rwanda 2014–15	1632	−.047	−4.93	.50	−.28	−.28	16	.18	.23	−.37	0	.36	−.24	−.38	13	.35	−.77	−.66	71
Senegal 2010–11	2600	−.046	−4.66	.48	.27	.23	14	.37	−.45	−.58	44	.11	−.80	−.87	36	.32	−.08	−.48	6
Sierra Leone 2013	2753	−.019	−3.5	.49	.06	.21	10	.25	.00	−.54	0	.24	−.26	−.76	70	.33	−.08	−.55	20
Tanzania 2015–16	2038	−.006	−4.45	.49	−.02	−.17	4	.27	.02	−.29	0	.67	.07	.15	25	.32	−.11	−.60	71
Togo 2013–14	1433	−.032	−4.35	.48	.01	.17	0	.34	−.07	−.52	9	.31	−.52	−.69	81	.31	−.08	−.56	10
Uganda 2016	3089	−.055	−4.65	.50	−.33	−.26	16	.19	−.10	−.28	2	.42	−.89	−.58	82	.32	.22	−.16	0
Zambia 2013–14	2621	−.020	−4.34	.48	−.13	−.21	16	.35	.35	.30	42	.52	−.19	−.34	40	.34	−.19	−.03	2
Zimbabwe 2015	1205	−.024	−4.3	.50	−.08	−.22	9	.26	−.24	−.73	44	.85	−.18	−.15	22	.29	−.13	−.71	25

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 index_h; A few negative contributions were restricted to 0

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