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Table 3 Lack of fever treatment: 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

24.59

31.42

Ref

Ref

 

Completed Primary School

23.05

15.07

1.25 (-1.52, 17.76)

-17.30 (-46.28, 11.67)

 

No Education

38.61

32.17

13.44 (-2.68, 29.58)

-1.99 (-28.93, 24.95)

 

SII

  

25.23 (10.22, 40.23)

19.27 (3.20, 35.33)

-7.05 (-27.60, 13.48)

Wealth Quintile

     

Richest

31.76

18.63

Ref

Ref

 

Richer

15.12

13.75

-16.56 (-27.32, -5.80)

-5.64 (-14.81, 3.52)

 

Middle

33.20

25.91

-00.12 (-11.98 ,11.73)

7.77 (-4.45, 20.00)

 

Poorer

33.66

26.38

00.40 (-10.99, 11.80)

6.98 (-3.26, 17.23)

 

Poorest

43.51

35.82

10.31 (-00.93, 21.56)

15.90 (3.48, 28.33)

 

SII

  

23.15 (11.56, 34.74)

22.87 (9.16, 36.59)

-0.41 (-19.38, 18.55)

Residence

     

Urban

23.41

22.16

Ref

Ref

 

Rural

38.49

30.08

13.94 (7.00, 20.87)

7.13 (-3.13, 17.40)

 

SII

  

27.88 (14.01, 41.74)

14.27 (-6.27, 34.81)

-14.33 (-39.93 ,11.26)

Region

     

Southern

27.81

20.05

Ref

Ref.

 

Northern

37.62

38.60

9.09 (-0.03, 18.54)

16.62 (5.83, 27.42)

 

Central

36.04

22.36

8.20 (-0.05, 16.94)

2.08 (-6.93, 11.10)

 

SII

  

11.07 (-3.98, 26.14)

-8.04 (-26.37, 10.27)

-20.94 (-46.25, 4.36)

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