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Table 5 Trends in Utilisation and Inequality in the Use of Antenatal care and Modern Contraception

From: Trends in utilisation and inequality in the use of reproductive health services in Sub-Saharan Africa

Country

8+ Antenatal Visit

Modern Contraception for Women in Union

Percentages

Concentration Index

Percentages

Concentration Index

t-1

t

%

∆

t-1

t

Times

∆

t-1

t

%

t-1

t

Times

∆

Benin (2001–2012)

15.1

10.2

−4.9

0.1758

0.4577

1.6

6.7

7.4

0.7

0.0624

0.1984

2.2

Burkina- (1998–2010)

0.6

0.3

−0.3

0.3091

0.7484

1.4

6.2

15.5

9.3

0.2604

0.3360

0.3

Cameroon (1998–2011)

8.4

7.8

−0.6

0.1240

0.4431

2.6

8.3

14.2

5.9

0.2231

0.3527

0.6

Chad (2004–2015)

1.7

0.9

−0.8

0.4708

0.3773

−0.2

2.9

3.0

0.1

0.7341

0.2591

−0.6

CIV (1998–2012)

2.8

3.1

0.3

0.0477

0.6033

11.6

9.7

11.4

1.7

0.0514

0.2241

3.4

Ethiopia (2005–2016)

3.7

3.6

− 0.1

0.8327

0.6166

−0.3

16.0

29.4

13.4

0.4019

0.1526

−0.6

Gabon (2000–2012)

6.1

6.8

0.7

0.2108

0.3036

0.4

10.2

15.6

5.4

0.1213

0.0893

−0.3

Ghana (2003–2014)

22.0

28.8

6.8

0.3364

0.2531

−0.2

17.5

22.5

5

0.1817

−0.0254

−1.1

Guinea (1999–2012)

10.2

8.9

−1.3

0.0159

0.4417

26.8

4.4

3.4

−1

0.0177

0.3551

19.0

Kenya (2003–2014)

10.0

2.7

−7.3

0.2658

0.4902

0.8

31.4

47.2

15.8

0.2311

0.0888

−0.6

Lesotho (2004–2014)

17.5

11.8

−5.7

0.2776

0.2999

0.1

33.9

59.3

25.4

0.2225

0.0487

−0.8

Malawi (2004–2016)

5.0

1.4

−3.6

0.1635

0.0749

−0.5

26.8

57.9

31.1

0.1156

0.0215

−0.8

Mali (2001–2013)

4.1

5.0

0.9

0.3819

0.3548

−0.1

5.5

10.5

5

0.2637

0.3948

0.5

Namibia (2000–2013)

22.5

25.9

3.4

0.1383

0.1728

0.2

46.1

55.4

9.3

0.1160

0.0691

−0.4

Niger (1998–2012)

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.0000

0.2163

...

6.2

10.3

4.1

0.1070

0.4234

3.0

Nigeria (2003–2013)

26.2

25.8

−0.4

0.4075

0.4728

0.2

7.4

9.5

2.1

0.4174

0.4793

0.1

Rwanda (2005–2015)

0.2

0.1

−0.1

0.7859

0.9193

0.2

10.0

19.3

9.3

0.3001

0.0258

−0.9

Senegal (2005–2016)

0.6

0.8

0.2

0.5634

0.3730

−0.3

9.3

19.3

10

0.3943

0.1720

−0.6

Togo (1998–2014)

4.2

2.7

−1.5

0.1473

0.4856

2.3

6.9

17.2

10.3

0.0519

0.0591

0.1

Zambia (2002–2014)

12.8

0.9

−11.9

−0.0111

0.4998

−45.9

20.5

43.1

22.6

0.0054

0.1186

20.9

Zimbabwe (1999–2015)

15.3

12.3

−3

0.1172

0.2441

1.1

47.9

66.1

18.2

0.0734

0.0373

−0.5

West Africa

7.35

9.76

2.41

0.2669

0.5865

1.2

8.6

13.1

4.5

0.4123

0.2404

−0.4

East & Cent Africa

4.27

3.22

−1.05

0.4295

0.5220

0.2

15.3

27.7

12.4

0.2849

0.2108

−0.3

Southern Africa

12.25

5.96

−6.29

0.3744

0.4144

0.1

29.0

55.4

26.4

0.1589

0.0686

−0.6

SSA

7.61

7.07

−0.54

0.5475

0.5475

0.7

16.6

25.6

9

0.1399

0.1067

−0.2

  1. Source: Author’s calculation based on DHS data