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 6 Child mortality (11–59 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	10,805	−.025	−7.94	.51	−.01	−.11	0	.61	.14	−.12	0	.37	−.70	−.63	79	.34	−.22	−.59	21
Benin 2011–12	10,239	−.035	− 7.79	.49	−.10	−.17	3	.39	−.60	−.58	50	.14	−.63	−.79	26	.33	−.30	−.61	22
Burkina Faso 2010	11,215	−.026	−6.86	.49	−.11	−.22	7	.17	−.45	−.81	35	.07	−.64	−.90	24	.34	−.30	−.63	35
Burundi 2016–17	10,110	−.022	−7.63	.50	−.10	−.19	6	.09	−1.35	−.91	67	.25	−.16	−.66	16	.33	−.10	−.58	12
Cameroon 2011	8695	−.052	−6.95	.51	.21	.17	5	.42	−.18	−.41	9	.48	−.85	−.51	58	.34	−.51	−.60	28
Chad 2014–15	13,947	−.012	−6.78	.49	−.18	−.36	42	.19	.26	.49	32	.14	.11	.37	7	.33	−.26	−.17	19
Comoros 2012	2380	−.037	−8.5	.49	.01	.13	0	.27	−.39	−.48	16	.35	−.79	−.62	54	.33	−.50	−.56	29
Congo 2011–12	7022	−.021	−7.55	.51	.24	.28	22	.60	.38	.07	10	.70	−.48	−.27	58	.33	−.21	−.22	10
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12	5645	−.028	−7.22	.51	−.41	−.35	36	.38	−.17	−.32	10	.18	−.74	−.82	54	.33	.03	−.24	0
DRCongo 2013–14	13,901	−.018	−7.18	.50	−.05	−.13	3	.31	.07	−.38	0	.47	−.41	−.53	76	.33	−.16	−.54	21
Ethiopia 2016	8099	−.030	−8.05	.48	.01	.25	1	.11	−2.03	−.89	81	.08	−.42	−.87	13	.33	.22	.20	6
Gabon 2012	4502	−.037	−7.65	.48	−.77	−.50	66	.84	−.52	−.04	6	.74	−.21	−.06	4	.33	.59	.35	24
Gambia 2013	6009	−.034	−8.29	.49	.23	.17	7	.48	.23	.13	5	.32	−1.15	−.68	87	.34	.14	.06	1
Ghana 2014	4435	−.065	−8.75	.48	−.35	−.16	5	.45	−.25	−.34	7	.58	−1.77	−.42	76	.34	−.38	−.56	13
Guinea 2012	5161	−.035	−7.02	.49	−.11	−.24	6	.26	−.39	−.73	31	.12	−.10	−.60	3	.34	−.67	−.66	61
Kenya 2014	16,323	−.021	−8.33	.49	.15	.12	5	.36	.46	−.11	0	.59	−.28	−.30	26	.34	−.64	−.62	69
Lesotho 2014	2263	−.033	−7.72	.50	.96	.50	94	.30	.10	.16	2	.78	−.11	−.12	4	.35	.01	.12	0
Liberia 2013	5618	−.003	−7.2	.49	−.06	−.50	68	.50	.03	.25	18	.32	.00	.05	0	.34	.03	.32	14
Malawi 2015–16	13,401	−.017	−8.09	.51	.14	.25	13	.13	−.46	−.86	38	.29	−.10	−.43	9	.33	−.26	−.65	41
Mali 2012–13	7717	−.043	−7.47	.49	−.38	−.26	15	.19	−.12	−.68	5	.09	−1.50	−.91	40	.33	−.60	−.64	40
Mozambique 2011	8187	−.007	−7.44	.50	−.07	−.29	20	.28	−.04	−.52	11	.16	−.19	−.84	51	.34	−.05	−.51	18
Namibia 2013	3798	−.022	−8.1	.52	.35	.28	29	.50	.58	.29	47	.77	−.21	−.09	9	.35	−.38	−.20	15
Niger 2012	9420	−.021	−6.7	.50	.04	.23	4	.13	−.99	−.87	82	.05	−.35	−.85	12	.34	.10	.12	3
Nigeria 2013	23,219	−.048	−7.05	.49	−.05	−.13	1	.35	−.39	−.55	23	.45	−.48	−.51	33	.34	−.66	−.66	44
Rwanda 2014–15	5995	−.037	−8.34	.49	−.07	−.17	2	.17	.02	−.35	0	.33	−1.26	−.67	90	.33	−.14	−.53	8
Senegal 2010–11	9250	−.187	−9.81	.49	−.06	−.22	0	.39	−1.03	−.56	12	.12	−15.5	−.88	87	.34	.02	−.31	0
Sierra Leone 2013	8622	−.017	−6.83	.51	−.24	−.33	34	.25	−.01	−.12	0	.20	−.47	−.80	64	.33	.15	.04	2
Tanzania 2015–16	7838	−.024	−7.8	.50	−.01	−.13	0	.27	.83	.33	40	.65	−.48	−.30	51	.33	−.49	−.11	10
Togo 2013–14	5320	−.035	−7.46	.50	−.01	−.14	0	.36	.03	−.47	0	.30	−.54	−.56	34	.34	−.78	−.66	65
Uganda 2016	11,858	−.036	−8.03	.50	−.24	−.15	6	.22	−.32	−.64	15	.41	−.39	−.49	27	.34	−.67	−.66	51
Zambia 2013–14	10,389	−.019	−7.64	.50	−.04	−.13	2	.34	.23	−.33	0	.49	−.38	−.49	54	.33	−.39	−.59	44
Zimbabwe 2015	4721	−.024	−7.99	.51	.00	.16	0	.33	.72	−.52	0	.86	−.42	−.12	14	.35	−1.22	−.65	86

Senegal: this analysis is not reliable (aberrant value for the regression coefficient of mother’s education) because no death occurred in the sub-group of women with an educational level of at least primary
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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