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Table 4 Crude differences and Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for vaccination coverage among 12–23 months’ children by maternal education and household wealth quintile (2001–2016)

From: The trend of full vaccination coverage in infants and inequalities by wealth quintile and maternal education: analysis from four recent demographic and health surveys in Nepal

 

2001

2006

2011

2016

P-value*

Rate difference (95% CI)

 No education (ref.)

  Primary

26.2 (18.3,34.0)

13.9(6.1,21.6)

16.5 (8.5,24.6)

8.0(−0.5,16.5)

0.0184

  Secondary

32.6 (25.1,40.1)

23.4 (17.6,29.3)

17.1 (9.0,25.2)

12.0(3.5,20.6)

0.0023

  Higher education

33.9 (24.0,43.8)

24.6 (18.7,30.5)

14.3 (7.2,21.4)

23.4 (16.3,30.6)

0.0136

SII (95% CI)

−61.8 (−73.5,-50.1)

−47.9(−61.2,-34.6)

−29.8 (−43.7,-15.8)

−30.5 (−40.7,-20.2)

< 0.0001

Rate difference (95% CI)

 Poorest (ref.)

  Poorer

8.2(−1.6,18.0)

14.4 (4.2,24.6)

−0.7 (−9.0,7.6)

0.5 (−8.8,9.9)

0.0970

  Middle

10.4 (−1.0,21.7)

19.1 (9.0,29.3)

−0.5(− 10.5,9.5)

−5.8(− 15.1,3.6)

0.0023

  Richer

20.6(9.5,31.6)

22.7(12.3,33.1)

7.0 (−0.8,14.8)

8.2 (−0.3,16.7)

0.0355

  Richest

27.4 (16.5,38.3)

25.5 (15.3,35.6)

11.2 (4.1,18.2)

5.0(−5.8,15.8)

0.0040

SII (95% CI)

−32.3 (−45.5,-19.1)

−32.8 (−45.7,-19.9)

−12.6 (−21.6,-3.6)

−8.4 (− 18.6,-1.7)

< 0.0001

  1. *P value for test of heterogeneity in rate difference or SII across years