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. 2024 Sep 10;21(9):1198. doi: 10.3390/ijerph21091198

Table 2.

Education and income-based inequalities in positive SROH in Brazil and Brazilian regions (NHSs 2013 and 2019).

Education-Based Inequality
SII (95% CI) * SII (95% CI) * Interaction term * p
2013 2019
BRAZIL 0.31 (0.29; 0.34) 0.28 (0.26; 0.30) −0.04 (−0.07; −0.01) 0.005
North 0.33 (0.26; 0.40) 0.26 (0.19; 0.31) −0.07 (−0.15; 0.11) 0.092
Northeast 0.24 (0.19; 0.30) 0.22 (0.18; 0.25) −0.05 (−0.11; 0.00) 0.063
Southeast 0.30 (0.25; 0.34) 0.25 (0.22; 0.29) −0.05 (−0.10; 0.01) 0.077
South 0.31 (0.25; 0.36) 0.29 (0.25; 0.33) −0.02 (−0.08; 0.04) 0.488
Midwest 0.32 (0.27; 0.38) 0.31 (0.27; 0.36) −0.01(−0.07; 0.06) 0.896
RII (95% CI) * RII (95%CI) * Interaction term * p
2013 2019
BRAZIL 1.58 (1.52; 1.65) 1.48 (1.44; 1.52) 0.93 (0.89; 0.97) 0.001
North 1.70 (1.51; 1.93) 1.45 (1.35; 1.56) 0.85 (0.74; 0.97) 0.018
Northeast 1.50 (1.38; 1.64) 1.41 (1.33; 1.48) 0.89 (0.81; 0.98) 0.016
Southeast 1.49 (1.40; 1.59) 1.40 (1.33; 1.48) 0.93 (0.86; 1.00) 0.065
South 1.51 (1.39; 1.64) 1.50 (1.42; 1.58) 0.99 (0.91; 1.08) 0.831
Midwest 1.58 (1.46; 1.71) 1.55 (1.45; 1.65) 0.99 (0.90; 1.09) 0.844
Income-Based Inequality
SII (95% CI) * SII (95% CI) * Interaction term * p
2013 2019
BRAZIL 0.35 (0.32; 0.37) 0.32 (0.30; 0.34) −0.03 (−0.06; 0.00) 0.093
North 0.34 (0.28; 0.40) 0.29 (0.24; 0.34) −0.05 (−0.12; 0.03) 0.207
Northeast 0.32 (0.27; 0.36) 0.29 (0.26; 0.32) −0.02 (−0.08; 0.03) 0.445
Southeast 0.28 (0.24; 0.33) 0.28 (0.24; 0.31) −0.01 (−0.06; 0.05) 0.827
South 0.33 (0.27; 0.38) 0.31 (0.27; 0.35) 0.01 (−0.06; 0.08) 0.745
Midwest 0.29 (0.24; 0.34) 0.31 (0.26; 0.36) 0.02 (−0.05; 0.09) 0.600
RII (95% CI) * RII (95% CI) * Interaction term * p
2013 2019
BRAZIL 1.64 (1.58; 1.70) 1.56 (1.52; 1.60) 0.96 (0.92; 1.00) 0.064
North 1.71 (1.55; 1.89) 1.51 (1.42; 1.62) 0.87 (0.77; 0.97) 0.015
Northeast 1.66 (1.54; 1.78) 1.55 (1.47; 1.62) 0.95 (0.87; 1.03) 0.229
Southeast 1.46 (1.37; 1.56) 1.44 (1.37; 1.52) 0.99 (0.92; 1.07) 0.832
South 1.54 (1.43; 1.67) 1.53 (1.44; 1.63) 0.99 (0.90; 1.10) 0.892
Midwest 1.50 (1.39; 1.61) 1.55 (1.44; 1.66) 1.04 (0.93; 1.15) 0.505

* The analyses were adjusted for sex and age, accounting for complex survey design and sampling weights.