Table 4.
Decomposition analysis of inequalities of access to oral health services during the last year in Peruvian children under 12 years of age in 2017 and 2021
| Characteristic | 2017 | 2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 38787 | n = 36729 | |||||||
| Elasticity | ECI | Absolute contribution | Percentage contribution (%) | Elasticity | ECI | Absolute contribution | Percentage contribution (%) | |
| Age | ||||||||
| Until 2 years | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| 3 to 5 years | 0.0520 | 0.0147 | 0.0031 | 1.4 | 0.0408 | 0.0366 | 0.006 | 4.8 |
| 6 to 11 years | 0.1632 | -0.0179 | -0.0117 | -5.3 | 0.1064 | -0.0196 | -0.0083 | -6.7 |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| Male | -0.0089 | 0.0051 | -0.0002 | -0.1 | -0.0078 | 0.0041 | -0.0001 | -0.1 |
| Area of residence | ||||||||
| Urban | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| Rural | -0.0209 | -0.6512 | 0.0545 | 24.7 | -0.0016 | -0.6763 | 0.0044 | 3.6 |
| Region | ||||||||
| Coast | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| Highlands | 0.0100 | -0.3053 | -0.0122 | -5.6 | 0.0128 | -0.313 | -0.016 | -12.9 |
| Jungle | -0.0126 | -0.4402 | 0.0223 | 10.1 | 0.0064 | -0.4119 | -0.0105 | -8.5 |
| Health insurance | ||||||||
| Yes | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| Does not have/does not know | -0.0201 | 0.1143 | -0.0092 | -4.2 | -0.0071 | 0.0949 | -0.0027 | -2.2 |
| Mother’s language | ||||||||
| Native | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| No native | -0.029 | 0.0897 | -0.0104 | -4.7 | 0.0008 | 0.0752 | 0.0002 | 0.2 |
| Tutor educational level | ||||||||
| Until primary | Ref | Ref | ||||||
| Secondary | 0.0524 | -0.0004 | -0.0001 | 0.0 | 0.043 | -0.0487 | -0.0084 | -6.8 |
| Higher | 0.0656 | 0.4637 | 0.1217 | 55.2 | 0.0625 | 0.4099 | 0.1025 | 82.7 |
| Residual | 0.0625 | 0.0568 | ||||||
ECI Erreygers concentration index
aAll estimates took into account the ENDES sample design