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Table 2 Inequality in cesarean section rate by different inequality measures across the various dimensions of inequality, between 2000 and 2016 EDHS

From: Observed trends in the magnitude of socioeconomic and area-based inequalities in use of caesarean section in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

Inequality dimension

 

Survey years

2000

2005

2011

2016

Measures

Estimate

LB

UB

Estimate

LB

UB

Estimate

LB

UB

Estimate

LB

UB

Economic status

D

3.4

2.2

4.6

6

4.4

7.6

8.2

5.8

10

8.6

6.2

11

PAR

2.8

NA

NA

5

4.7

5.2

6.7

6.4

7

7

6.5

7.5

SII

NA

NA

NA

8.1

5.4

11

11

8

14

8.6

6.5

11

RCI

78

72

84.3

70

60

81

68

60

76

47

32

61

Education

D

8.6

5.3

11.9

14

10

18

16

9.5

22

11

7.2

14

PAR

8.1

8

8.16

13

13

13

15

14

15

9.2

9

9.4

SII

6.3

4

8.64

7.1

4.9

9.2

9.9

7.3

12

10

7.8

12

RCI

79

71

88

62

49

74

60

49

71

48

37

59

Place of residence

D

5.1

3.1

7.15

10

7

13

9.2

6.6

12

12

8.5

15

PAR

4.6

4.5

4.69

9.4

9.3

9.6

7.9

7.8

8.1

10

10

10

Region

D

11

7.4

14.8

18

9.8

26

22

16

28

20

15

25

PAR

11

10

10.7

17

−1

35

21

19

22

18

17

19