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Table 2 Lack of ITN use: Prevalence, absolute risk difference and slope index of inequality by socioeconomic and geographical factors, 2015 and 2018

From: Socioeconomic and geographical inequalities in health care coverage in Mozambique: a repeated cross-sectional study of the 2015 and 2018 national surveys

 

Prevalence

Absolute Risk

Difference

Slope Index of Inequality difference

Variable

2015

2018

2015

2018

 

Education

     

Completed Secondary School or higher than secondary

35.25

17.98

Ref

Ref

 

Completed Primary School

44.07

22.09

9.03 (1.14, 16.92)

4.07 (-2.76, 10.90)

 

No Education

54.31

24.73

18.82 (11.04, 26.61)

6.77 (-2.36, 15.91)

 

SII

  

23.63 (14.95, 32.31)

7.77 (-4.16, 19.71)

-16.74 (-31.16, -2.32)

Wealth Quintile

     

Richest

42.80

27.96

Ref

Ref

 

Richer

44.31

22.07

1.41 (-6.17, 8.99)

-5.87 (-13.56, 1.81)

 

Middle

54.37

22.41

11.34 (3.44, 19.23)

-5.56 (-14.06, 2.93)

 

Poorer

53.13

22.70

9.98 (2.87, 17.09)

-5.26 (-13.66, 3.14)

 

Poorest

53.51

24.14

10.41 (3.28, 17.55)

-3.83 (-12.33, 4.67)

 

SII

  

13.08 (4.37, 21.80)

-1.80 (-11.24, 7.63)

-15.24 (-28.60, -1.89)

Residence

     

Urban

43.39

25.50

Ref

Ref

 

Rural

54.54

22.63

10.92 (5.23, 16.60)

-2.90 (-9.74, 3.93)

 

SII

  

21.84 (10.46, 33.21)

-5.81 (-19.49, 7.86)

-28.03 (-46.44, -9.62)

Region

     

Southern

53.84

35.56

Ref

Ref.

 

Northern

43.93

18.78

-10.01 (-17.10, -2.91)

-16.87 (-24.61, -9.13)

 

Central

55.53

21.04

1.73 (-4.73, 8.20)

-14.57 (-20.67, 8.47)

 

SII

  

4.85 (-5.67, 15.38)

-18.27 (-27.73, -8.80)

-23.01 (-38.27, -7.75)

  1. SII - Slope Index of Inequality
  2. SII difference quantifies changes and their statistical significance of socioeconomic inequalities in ITN use between 2015 and 2018
  3. Bold figures: Statistically significant results
  4. All analyses were adjusted for age