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. 2014 Aug 28;9(8):e106460. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106460

Table 2. Absolute and percentage contribution of mother's education. wealth and region of residence to the concentration indices (C): results of the decomposition analysis.

Under-five deaths Neonatal deaths Skilled birth attendance Vaccination ORS Antibiotics
Absolute % Absolute % Absolute % Absolute % Absolute % Absolute %
Education of mother −0.020 17.5 −0.006 5.7 0.033 5.1 0.017 7.4 0.022 15.3 0.025 24.6
Wealth −0.045 39.0 −0.014 13.6 0.318 48.9 0.193 84.8 0.111 77.6 0.024 23.5
Region
Tigray Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref. Ref.
Affar 0.000 0.4 0.003 −2.6 0.001 0.1 0.006 2.6 0.000 −0.2 0.001 0.6
Amhara 0.001 −0.5 −0.001 0.8 −0.004 −0.6 0.017 7.6 0.002 1.3 −0.001 −1.2
Oromiya 0.000 0.0 −0.003 2.7 0.002 0.3 −0.027 −12.0 −0.013 −9.3 0.006 5.8
Somali 0.000 0.0 0.002 −1.6 0.001 0.1 0.004 1.5 0.000 −0.3 0.003 3.3
Benishangul-Gumuz 0.000 0.3 0.000 0.2 −0.001 −0.1 0.001 0.4 0.000 −0.2 0.001 0.5
SNNP −0.001 0.8 0.002 −1.5 0.001 0.2 0.015 6.7 0.002 1.5 −0.002 −1.7
Gambela 0.000 0.1 0.000 0.0 0.000 −0.1 0.001 0.4 0.000 −0.2 −0.001 −0.9
Harari 0.000 −0.1 0.000 0.0 0.001 0.1 −0.001 −0.7 0.000 0.0 * *
Addis Ababa −0.004 3.6 −0.008 8.2 0.011 1.6 −0.012 −5.3 −0.006 −4.5 −0.007 −7.1
Dire Dawa 0.000 0.2 −0.001 0.9 0.001 0.1 0.000 −0.01 0.000 −0.002 0.000 −0.1
Residual −0.045 38.8 −0.076 73.8 0.287 44.1 0.015 6.4 0.027 18.9 0.054 52.6
Total −0.116 100.0 −0.103 100.0 0.650 100.0 0.228 100.0 0.142 100.0 0.102 100.0

*The contribution of the region Harari to the inequality in use of antibiotics was omitted in the regression analysis because ALL = 0.