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Table 3 Factors that explain socioeconomic inequalities in ANC service utilisation, Nigeria, 2013

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health service utilisation: a case of antenatal care in Nigeria using a decomposition approach

 

Concentration index

Elasticity

Contribution

No ANC visit

ANC4+

ANC use intensity

No ANC visit

ANC4+

ANC visit intensity

Age

0.012*** (0.001)

−0.069* (0.038)

0.111*** (0.028)

0.105*** (0.030)

−0.001* (0.000)

0.001*** (0.000)

0.001*** (0.000)

Primary education

0.073*** (0.007)

−0.067*** (0.006)

0.032*** (0.005)

0.026*** (0.004)

−0.005*** (0.001)

0.002*** (0.000)

0.002*** (0.000)

Secondary education

0.464*** (0.008)

−0.105*** (0.009)

0.065*** (0.007)

0.067*** (0.008)

−0.049*** (0.004)

0.030*** (0.003)

0.031*** (0.004)

Higher education

0.189*** (0.006)

−0.025*** (0.003)

0.017*** (0.002)

0.021*** (0.003)

−0.005*** (0.001)

0.003*** (0.000)

0.004*** (0.001)

Married/cohabiting

−0.010*** (0.003)

− 0.030 (0.051)

− 0.001 (0.038)

0.054 (0.051)

< 0.001 (0.001)

< 0.001 (0.000)

− 0.001 (0.001)

Distance big problem

−0.366*** (0.008)

0.082*** (0.008)

−0.062*** (0.005)

− 0.059*** (0.005)

− 0.030*** (0.003)

0.023*** (0.002)

0.022*** (0.002)

Poorer

−0.272*** (0.007)

−0.082*** (0.007)

0.038*** (0.004)

0.027*** (0.003)

0.022*** (0.002)

−0.010*** (0.001)

−0.007*** (0.001)

Middle

0.088*** (0.006)

−0.118*** (0.007)

0.067*** (0.005)

0.050*** (0.004)

−0.010*** (0.001)

0.006*** (0.001)

0.004*** (0.000)

Richer

0.337*** (0.007)

−0.131*** (0.008)

0.081*** (0.005)

0.080*** (0.005)

−0.044*** (0.003)

0.027*** (0.002)

0.027*** (0.002)

Richest

0.570*** (0.009)

−0.117*** (0.008)

0.086*** (0.006)

0.111*** (0.007)

−0.067*** (0.005)

0.049*** (0.004)

0.063*** (0.004)

Employed

0.165*** (0.009)

−0.074*** (0.014)

0.042*** (0.010)

0.056*** (0.010)

−0.012*** (0.003)

0.007*** (0.002)

0.009*** (0.002)

Urban

0.689*** (0.007)

−0.070*** (0.008)

0.026*** (0.007)

−0.004 (0.008)

−0.048*** (0.006)

0.018*** (0.005)

−0.003 (0.006)

Household head

0.064*** (0.005)

−0.002 (0.002)

0.003** (0.002)

0.012*** (0.003)

<−0.001 (0.000)

< 0.001** (0.000)

0.001*** (0.000)

Permission big problem

−0.147*** (0.006)

0.043*** (0.004)

−0.020*** (0.003)

−0.011*** (0.002)

− 0.006*** (0.001)

0.003*** (0.000)

0.002*** (0.000)

Catholic

0.077*** (0.006)

0.012*** (0.003)

−0.006*** (0.002)

−0.022*** (0.003)

0.001*** (0.000)

<−0.001*** (0.000)

− 0.002*** (0.000)

Non-Catholic

0.395*** (0.008)

0.028*** (0.006)

−0.001 (0.005)

0.012 (0.008)

0.011*** (0.002)

<−0.001 (0.002)

0.005 (0.003)

Traditional/other

−0.011*** (0.002)

0.004*** (0.001)

−0.002*** (0.001)

−0.001 (0.001)

<− 0.001*** (0.000)

< 0.001** (0.000)

< 0.001 (0.000)

Health worker attitude

−0.116*** (0.007)

− 0.010** (0.005)

0.007** (0.003)

− 0.009*** (0.003)

0.001** (0.001)

− 0.001** (0.000)

0.001*** (0.000)

Spouse: primary

−0.002 (0.007)

−0.076*** (0.007)

0.044*** (0.004)

0.021*** (0.004)

< 0.001 (0.001)

<−0.001 (0.000)

<−0.001 (0.000)

Spouse: secondary

0.391*** (0.008)

−0.111*** (0.010)

0.075*** (0.007)

0.054*** (0.007)

−0.043*** (0.004)

0.029*** (0.003)

0.021*** (0.003)

Spouse: higher

0.286*** (0.007)

−0.060*** (0.005)

0.041*** (0.004)

0.027*** (0.004)

−0.017*** (0.002)

0.012*** (0.001)

0.008*** (0.001)

Spouse: employed

−0.010*** (0.002)

−0.137 (0.090)

− 0.037 (0.071)

−0.139 (0.107)

0.001 (0.001)

< 0.001 (0.001)

0.001 (0.001)

Ethnicity fixed effect

0.463*** (0.008)

−0.046*** (0.005)

0.072*** (0.004)

0.207*** (0.007)

−0.021*** (0.002)

0.033*** (0.002)

0.096*** (0.004)

Geopolitical zone fixed effect

0.412*** (0.009)

−0.182*** (0.016)

0.097*** (0.011)

0.151*** (0.009)

−0.075*** (0.007)

0.040*** (0.005)

0.062*** (0.004)

Residual

    

−0.176*** (0.012)

0.309*** (0.007)

0.010* (0.006)

Total

    

−0.573*** (0.016)

0.582*** (0.024)

0.357*** (0.012)

  1. Notes: Estimation sample was 18,559; estimates are weighted by the women’s sampling weight; standard errors in parenthesis; bootstrapped standard errors with 1000 replications for elasticity and contributions;
  2. *, **, and *** indicate statistical significance at the 10, 5, and 1%, respectively