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Table 5.

Theil indices for subgroups for IPTp coverage distinguished by place of residence and SES

	Theil index decomposed by residence status
Residence status	IPTp coverage
Residence status	2003	SE	CI	2008	SE	CI	2014	SE	CI	2022	SE	CI
Urban	68.17	0.002^***	0.99–1.00	1.15	0.01^***	0.70–0.75	0.70	0.01^***	0.59–0.63	0.30	0.01^***	0.39–0.42
Rural	53.85	0.002^***	0.99–1.00	1.43	0.01^***	0.70–0.75	0.86	0.01^***	0.59–0.63	0.35	0.01^***	0.39–0.42

SES	Theil index decomposed by SES
	IPTp coverage
	2003	SE	CI	2008	SE	CI	2014	SE	CI	2022	SE	CI
Poor	53.06	0.002^***	0.99–1.00	1.66	0.01^***	0.70–0.75	0.88	0.01^***	0.59–0.63	0.40	0.01^***	0.39–0.42
Middle	63.00			1.23			0.78			0.29
Rich	64.17			0.96			0.64			0.24

Source: Author computations; (p < 0.05 = *, p < 0.01 = **, p < 0.001 = ***)