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

Abekah-Nkrumah, Gordon

doi:10.1186/s12889-019-7865-z

BMC Public Health

Table 7 Changes in Inequality in the Use of Reproductive Health Services in Sub-Saharan Africa – Standard Concentration Indices

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

Countries	Health Facility Delivery			Skilled Delivery Assistance			4+ Antenatal Visits			Use of Mod. Contraceptives
Countries	t-1	t	Times Δ	t-1	t	Times Δ	t-1	t	Times Δ	t-1	t	Times Δ
Benin (2001–2012)	0.0492	0.0669	1.36	0.0527	0.0954	1.81	0.0431	0.1536	3.56	0.0777	0.17	2.19
Burkina-Faso (1998–2010)	0.1856	0.1175	0.63	0.2053	0.3448	1.68	0.0412	0.1345	3.26	0.2700	0.3165	1.17
Cameroon (1998–2011)	0.1580	0.2450	1.55	0.1524	0.2349	1.54	0.1194	0.1721	1.44	0.1832	0.3072	1.68
Chad (2004–2015)	0.5566	0.2957	0.53	0.5392	0.3394	0.63	0.4214	0.1542	0.37	0.7068	0.2947	0.42
CIV (1998–2012)	0.0568	0.2185	3.85	0.0533	0.2133	4.00	0.0305	0.2375	7.79	0.0601	0.1938	3.22
Ethiopia (2005–2016)	0.7090	0.3185	0.45	0.7103	0.3224	0.45	0.4592	0.2218	0.48	0.3201	0.0718	0.22
Gabon (2000–2012)	0.0456	0.0420	0.92	0.0576	0.0411	0.71	0.0822	0.0796	0.97	0.1246	0.1125	0.90
Ghana (2003–2014)	0.3213	0.1416	0.44	0.3092	0.1394	0.45	0.1063	0.0504	0.47	0.1215	− 0.0435	−0.36
Guinea (1999–2012)	−0.0277	0.3017	−10.89	− 0.0315	0.3658	−11.61	0.0230	0.1612	7.01	0.0356	0.4044	11.36
Kenya (2003–2014)	0.2899	0.1920	0.66	0.2832	0.1879	0.66	0.1130	0.1152	1.02	0.1877	0.0626	0.33
Lesotho (2004–2014)	0.1877	0.0927	0.49	0.1791	0.0875	0.49	0.0763	0.0576	0.75	0.2032	0.0272	0.13
Malawi (2004–2016)	0.1324	0.0177	0.13	0.1333	0.0182	0.14	0.0578	0.0413	0.71	0.0960	−0.0078	−0.08
Mali (2001–2013)	0.1338	0.2319	1.73	0.2368	0.3547	1.50	0.1249	0.2344	1.88	0.2647	0.3617	1.37
Namibia (2000–2013)	0.0534	0.0531	0.99	0.0532	0.0504	0.95	0.0412	0.0308	0.75	0.0951	0.0465	0.49
Niger (1998–2012)	0.1147	0.3158	2.75	0.1193	0.3303	2.77	0.0359	0.1205	3.36	0.0913	0.3849	4.22
Nigeria (2003–2013)	0.3631	0.4163	1.15	0.3459	0.4231	1.22	0.2827	0.2945	1.04	0.3576	0.4062	1.14
Rwanda (2005–2015)	0.2156	0.0289	0.13	0.2161	0.0286	0.13	0.1139	0.0188	0.17	0.0376	−0.022	−0.59
Senegal (2005–2016)	0.2231	0.1388	0.62	0.2841	0.1925	0.68	0.1624	0.1611	0.99	0.2944	0.078	0.26
Togo (1998–2014)	0.0883	0.1533	1.74	0.0943	0.3759	3.99	0.0477	0.1345	2.82	0.0567	0.0815	1.44
Zambia (2002–2014)	0.0204	0.1218	5.97	0.0230	0.1462	6.36	0.0066	0.0363	5.50	0.0071	0.0462	6.51
Zimbabwe (1999–2015)	0.0566	0.0850	1.50	0.0621	0.0828	1.33	−0.0076	0.0311	−4.09	0.0569	−0.0097	− 0.17
West Africa	0.2807	0.1525	0.54	0.2996	0.2791	0.93	0.1320	0.2224	1.69	0.2000	0.1862	0.93
East and Central Africa	0.0585	0.1886	3.23	0.0668	0.1893	2.83	0.1435	0.1609	1.12	0.2789	0.1778	0.64
Southern Africa	0.1219	0.0673	0.55	0.1277	0.0771	0.60	0.0840	0.0662	0.79	0.1416	0.0388	0.27
SSA	0.1321	0.1076	0.82	0.1318	0.1629	1.24	0.0759	0.1548	2.04	0.1253	0.0573	0.46

Source: Author’s calculation based on DHS data

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