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Table 4 Lack of Fansidar prophylaxis during pregnancy: 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

SII difference

Variable

2015

2018

2015

2018

 

Education

     

Completed Secondary School or higher than secondary

67.19

47.19

Ref

Ref

 

Completed Primary School

74.91

55.34

7.89 (-0.21, 16.01)

8.71 (1.71, 15.66)

 

No Education

79.98

63.40

12.68 (3.71, 21.66)

16.00 (7.36, 24.65)

 

SII

  

12.85 (4.16, 21.54)

19.23 (8.38, 30.00)

7.03 (-7.13, 21.21)

Wealth Quintile

     

Richest

74.11

43.85

Ref

Ref

 

Richer

71.01

52.54

-3.08 (-8.47, 2.30)

8.91 (-2.01, 19.84)

 

Middle

71.81

60.54

-2.31 (-8.78, 4.16)

16.86 (8.66, 25.05)

 

Poorer

83.55

64.67

9.33 (3.36, 15.29)

20.75 (12.74, 28.77)

 

Poorest

81.89

64.26

7.69 (1.45, 13.94)

20.23 (11.46, 29.00)

 

SII

  

16.12 (7.99, 24.26)

22.08 (11.38, 32.77)

6.16 (-7.69, 20.02)

Residence

     

Urban

70.81

52.35

Ref

Ref

 

Rural

81.26

63.58

10.33 (4.27, 16.38)

11.00 (4.78, 17.22)

 

SII

  

20.66 (8.55, 32.77)

22.00 (9.56, 34.45)

1.56 (-16.31, 19.44)

Region

     

Southern

77.17

55.43

Ref

Ref.

 

Northern

80.63

65.11

3.45 (-2.64, 9.55)

9.30 (1.03, 17.56)

 

Central

76.94

58.72

-0.02 (-6.06, 5.62)

3.07 (-3.85, 10.01)

 

SII

  

-1.34 (-10.40, 7.71)

1.05 (-10.38, 12.49)

2.68 (-13.26, 18.63)

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