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 5 Infant mortality (0–11 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	3514	−.047	−3.61	.49	−.31	−.31	28	.58	−.20	−.32	22	.38	−.06	−.42	6	.32	−.35	−.66	44
Benin 2011–12	3168	−.033	− 3.61	.47	−.21	−.24	19	.41	.12	−.20	0	.17	−.23	−.75	23	.34	−.35	−.63	58
Burkina Faso 2010	3824	−.035	−3.26	.49	−.12	−.27	13	.16	−.01	−.69	1	.07	−.24	−.84	13	.32	−.38	−.68	73
Burundi 2016–17	3079	−.027	− 3.51	.48	−.08	−.20	9	.10	.32	.18	6	.26	−.30	−.69	59	.33	−.18	−.42	26
Cameroon 2011	3037	−.030	−3.31	.49	−.09	−.13	6	.42	−.13	−.47	25	.46	−.23	−.53	55	.32	−.08	−.56	14
Chad 2014–15	4669	−.031	−3.11	.47	−.20	−.39	37	.21	.05	.08	1	.17	−.41	−.83	61	.33	.02	.13	1
Comoros 2012	758	−.051	−3.72	.50	−.12	−.19	6	.26	−.59	−.72	57	.35	−.36	−.49	33	.36	.32	.06	4
Congo 2011–12	2306	−.037	−3.75	.50	−.45	−.50	81	.61	.18	.08	7	.72	.04	.08	2	.33	−.21	−.21	10
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12	2130	−.059	−3.22	.47	−.64	−.54	85	.36	−.09	−.01	0	.18	−.26	−.45	11	.34	.16	.13	4
DRCongo 2013–14	4813	−.018	−3.34	.50	−.07	−.25	13	.30	.08	−.33	0	.49	−.02	−.25	3	.33	−.26	−.67	84
Ethiopia 2016	2539	−.062	−3.48	.48	−.71	−.52	83	.12	−.18	−.12	1	.11	−.46	−.43	11	.35	.21	.16	6
Gabon 2012	1561	−.041	−3.75	.47	−.26	−.36	30	.84	.03	−.02	0	.75	−.45	−.24	52	.33	−.23	−.36	18
Gambia 2013	2077	−.036	−3.83	.51	−.15	−.20	11	.46	.30	.36	37	.32	−.43	−.33	33	.31	.18	.44	18
Ghana 2014	1447	−.022	−3.62	.47	−.08	−.29	13	.45	−.06	.04	0	.59	−.28	−.32	64	.32	.27	.22	23
Guinea 2012	1877	−.047	−3.23	.47	−.10	−.24	7	.26	.02	−.53	0	.13	−.60	−.87	43	.32	−.38	−.62	49
Kenya 2014	4637	−.025	−3.62	.49	−.21	−.32	36	.36	.29	.50	55	.61	−.17	−.08	9	.33	−.05	.17	0
Lesotho 2014	875	−.055	−3.38	.52	−.39	−.34	37	.25	−.04	−.05	0	.80	−.71	−.18	55	.30	.33	.15	8
Liberia 2013	1988	−.019	−3.47	.47	.12	.30	25	.49	.11	.09	7	.32	−.23	−.60	65	.31	.07	.09	3
Malawi 2015–16	3882	−.018	−3.54	.47	−.22	−.53	83	.14	.12	.43	11	.30	−.01	−.11	0	.33	−.11	−.12	6
Mali 2012–13	2608	−.047	−3.33	.48	−.29	−.29	26	.19	−.08	−.70	7	.10	−.16	−.62	6	.33	−.44	−.66	61
Mozambique 2011	2915	−.020	−3.3	.48	−.14	−.37	37	.28	.00	−.22	0	.17	−.29	−.83	63	.33	.02	−.07	0
Namibia 2013	1247	−.020	−3.73	.50	−.11	−.22	16	.45	−.20	−.38	44	.78	−.21	−.18	40	.29	.16	−.03	0
Niger 2012	3116	−.022	−3.46	.48	−.08	−.42	22	.12	−.52	−.88	74	.06	−.07	−.62	3	.32	.02	−.07	0
Nigeria 2013	8262	−.044	− 3.2	.50	−.24	−.22	19	.34	−.14	−.50	17	.45	−.30	−.53	51	.32	−.10	−.58	14
Rwanda 2014–15	1859	−.032	−3.9	.50	−.32	−.40	52	.17	.02	−.29	0	.36	−.15	−.40	17	.34	−.23	−.49	31
Senegal 2010–11	3076	−.031	−3.54	.47	−.19	−.31	25	.36	−.28	−.64	58	.11	−.10	−.51	5	.31	−.08	−.50	12
Sierra Leone 2013	3315	−.015	−2.93	.49	−.03	−.15	4	.26	.07	.19	7	.25	−.20	−.75	84	.34	.03	.20	4
Tanzania 2015–16	2393	−.034	−3.53	.48	−.20	−.33	27	.28	.36	.72	60	.68	.11	.14	9	.34	.03	.50	4
Togo 2013–14	1657	−.033	−3.47	.47	−.16	−.30	19	.34	−.14	−.07	3	.31	−.43	−.69	78	.32	.20	−.03	0
Uganda 2016	3663	−.039	−3.58	.49	−.31	−.37	41	.19	−.04	−.15	1	.42	−.42	−.45	57	.33	.26	.02	1
Zambia 2013–14	3057	−.021	−3.51	.47	−.22	−.53	73	.34	.00	.02	0	.51	−.15	−.26	27	.34	.06	.00	0
Zimbabwe 2015	1411	−.024	−3.36	.49	−.19	−.43	36	.27	.35	−.34	0	.85	−.14	−.09	10	.29	−.43	−.49	54

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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