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. 2015 Aug 24;31(4):405–414. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czv077

Table 4.

Newborn indicators by wealth quartiles, corresponding concentration indices and their confidence intervals

Variable Baseline (%) Endline(%) Change in CIndex
Facility delivery n = 625 n = 615
Overall 31.5 81.5
 Poorest 23.5 84.0
 Second 26.9 78.7
 Third 33.5 77.9
 Least poor 42.7 84.4
 Concentration index (95% CI) 0.16 (0.07,0.24) 0.006 (−0.02,0.03) −0.15 (−0.24, −0.06)
Recognize at least three danger signs n = 625 n = 615
Overall 90.2 96.9
 Poorest 84.6 97.2
 Second 89.5 96.3
 Third 91.3 97.2
 Least poor 96.0 96.7
 CIndex (95% CI) 0.026 (0.01, 0.05) −0.001 (−0.01, 0.01) −0.026 (−0.05, −0.003)
Nothing applied to cord* n = 425 n = 114
Overall 70.0 86.0
 Poorest 68.9 82.8
 Second 69.4 89.6
 Third 70.3 81.3
 Least poor 71.8 91.7
 CIndex (95% CI) 0.02 (−0.02,0.6) 0.04 (−0.19,0.28) 0.03 (−0.21,0.26)
Breastfeed within 1 h n = 621** n = 615
Overall 64.3 89.6
 Poorest 55.9 93.9
 Second 69.1 90.4
 Third 69.8 94.5
 Least poor 65.4 79.1
 CIndex (95% CI) 0.03 (−0.02, 0.08) −0.03 (−0.05, −0.002) −0.05 (−0.11, −0.0001)
Immediate drying n = 625 n = 615
Overall 60.8 95.1
 Poorest 63.6 95.6
 Second 65.1 95.6
 Third 59.0 94.2
 Least poor 55.3 94.1
 CIndex (95% CI) −0.02 (−0.07, 0.03) −0.005 (−0.02, 0.008) 0.02 (−0.03, 0.06)
Delayed bathing n = 625 n = 615
Overall 66.6 95.4
 Poorest 69.1 97.2
 2nd 66.5 92.7
 3rd 65.8 93.85
 Least poor 64.7 97.4
 CIndex (95% CI) 0.02 (−0.01, 0.05) 0.003 (−0.01, 0.01) −0.02 (−0.04, 0.01)
At least one ANC visit with skilled provider n = 625 n = 615
Overall 55.0 65.5
 Poorest 44.4 68.5
 Second 50 52.9
 Third 57.1 64.1
 Least poor 69.3 74.5
 CIndex(95% CI) 0.025 (0.01, 0.04) 0.000009 (−0.0002, 0.0002) −0.025 (−0.04, −0.01)
At least four ANC visits n = 625 n = 615
Overall 57.8 81.1
 Poorest 42.0 84.5
 Second 51.3 77.2
 Third 59.6 76.6
 Least poor 79.3 85.0
 CIndex (95% CI) 0.15 (0.11, 0.18) 0.002 (−0.03, 0.03) −0.15 (−0.19, −0.10)
At least one FCHV home visit during pregnancy n = 615
Overall 97.2
 Poorest 97.2
 Second 98.5
 Third 97.9
 Least poor 95.4
 CIndex (95% CI) −0.003 (−0.01, 0.006)
At least one FCHV home visit within 3 days after birth n = 615
Overall 49.9
 Poorest 56.9
 Second 52.9
 Third 48.3
 Least poor 40.5
 CIndex (95% CI) −0.06 (−0.12, 0.01)
Birth preparedness n = 625 n = 615
Overall 70.2 90.1
 Poorest 50.0 86.2
 Second 71.7 89.7
 Third 74.5 89.7
 Least poor 86.0 95.4
 CIndex (95%CI) 0.12 (0.08,0.15) 0.02 (0.01,0.04) −0.09 (−0.12, −0.06)

*The cord care indicator was only collected among mothers who delivered at home

**4 missing responses