Explaining socioeconomic inequality in cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Decomposition of the concentration index for cervical cancer screening

Variable	1	2	3	4
Variable	CI	Elasticity	Contribution	Percentage
Working	0.0698	0.0197	0.0007	0.50
Location	0.6627	0.1664	0.0566	40.14
Marital status	0.0332	0.0552	0.0009	0.67
Primary education	−0.0687	0.1091	−0.0038	−2.73
Secondary education	0.4305	0.0821	0.0181	12.87
Postsecondary education	0.8443	0.0242	0.0105	7.44
Christian	0.019	0.0884	0.0009	0.61
Muslim	−0.0778	−0.0147	0.0006	0.42
Age group: 25–34	0.0459	0.1177	0.0028	1.97
Age group: 35–44	0.0237	0.1554	0.0019	1.34
Age group: 45–54	0.0217	0.1022	0.0011	0.81
Age group: 55+	−0.0198	0.0552	−0.0006	−0.40
Ever tested for HIV	0.0047	0.4279	0.001	0.73
Northern region	0.194	0.0248	0.0025	1.75
Southern region	−0.074	−0.0978	0.0037	2.64
	A	Explained socioeconomic inequality (A)	0.097
	B	Total socioeconomic inequality (B)	0.141
	C	Residual (B-A)	0.044

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