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. 2025 Aug 22;24:273. doi: 10.1186/s12936-025-05512-5

Table 7.

Decomposition of the Theil indices by SES for treated net usage and IPTp coverage

Overall within and between group inequalities by SES
ITN use in pregnancy
2003 2008 2014 2022
Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution
Overall 0.22 0.40 0.36 0.26
Within-group 0.22 100% 0.39 98% 0.33 92% 0.22 85%
Between-group 0.00 0% 0.01 2.5% 0.03 8% 0.04 18%
ITN use by Under 5 children
2003 2008 2014 2022
Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution
Overall 0.32 0.30 0.29 0.22
Within-group 0.31 96.88% 0.29 96.67% 0.28 96.55% 0.20 90.9%
Between-group 0.01 3.13% 0.01 3.33% 0.02 6.7% 0.02 9.09%
IPTp coverage
2003 2008 2014 2022
Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution Theil index Contribution
Overall 57.15 1.32 0.79 0.33
Within-group 57.14 99.98% 1.31 99.24% 0.78 98.73% 0.32 97%
Between-group 0.01 0.02% 0.02 0.06% 0.01 1.27% 0.01 3%

Source: Author computations