Table 3.

Neonatal mortality (0–1 month)

				Sex of the child				Place of residence				Mother’s education				Household wealth
				Female				Urban				Primary+				Richest
	n	G	mean(y)	mean	b	c	%Gini	mean	b	c	%Gini	mean	b	c	%Gini	mean	b	c	%Gini
Angola 2015–16	445	−.213	−.32	.41	−.15	−.45	40	.51	.01	−.07	0	.31	.12	.07	4	.29	−.26	−.51	56
Benin 2011–12	406	−.065	−.28	.43	.01	.22	6	.43	.00	−.05	0	.13	.12	.87	73	.34	−.03	−.35	21
Burkina Faso 2010	560	−.102	−.29	.44	.03	.32	13	.15	−.07	−.76	25	.06	.08	−.17	0	.29	−.09	−.69	62
Burundi 2016–17	395	−.121	−.31	.46	−.07	−.33	29	.12	−.05	.04	0	.26	−.09	−.36	23	.34	.12	.44	48
Cameroon 2011	434	−.090	−.22	.49	−.03	−.21	14	.38	−.02	.38	0	.44	.03	.48	32	.29	.06	.69	55
Chad 2014–15	712	−.192	−.24	.44	−.10	−.42	42	.20	−.13	−.02	1	.16	−.09	−.39	12	.31	.17	.38	45
Comoros 2012	100	−.255	−.35	.43	−.03	−.17	2	.19	−.10	−.23	5	.33	.06	.33	7	.36	.33	.64	85
Congo 2011–12	250	−.173	−.29	.38	.01	.01	0	.64	.20	.36	90	.71	.03	.24	10	.30	−.01	.02	0
Cote d’Ivoire 2011–12	367	−.122	−.21	.30	−.07	−.66	51	.37	−.07	.16	0	.16	.06	.42	15	.37	.07	.39	34
DRCongo 2013–14	711	−.114	−.30	.47	−.05	−.28	20	.29	−.12	−.55	53	.48	.10	.20	27	.31	.01	−.26	0
Ethiopia 2016	419	−.232	−.30	.33	−.24	−.57	63	.12	.09	.26	4	.10	−.10	−.20	3	.38	.16	.34	30
Gabon 2012	209	−.152	−.38	.42	.03	.18	4	.87	−.10	−.07	11	.66	−.13	−.19	27	.24	.21	.66	58
Gambia 2013	251	−.214	−.36	.45	.04	.10	2	.51	−.09	.15	0	.29	−.16	−.19	10	.33	.34	.67	87
Ghana 2014	208	−.139	−.22	.43	.04	.36	22	.45	−.04	−.09	5	.55	.09	.45	69	.35	.03	.12	4
Guinea 2012	298	−.119	−.24	.46	−.06	−.39	37	.23	.08	−.09	0	.08	−.05	−.59	9	.31	−.11	−.47	54
Kenya 2014	609	−.108	−.30	.46	.02	.15	4	.41	.07	−.06	0	.60	.07	.05	6	.36	−.16	−.54	90
Lesotho 2014	135	−.234	−.21	.45	.00	.00	0	.18	−.02	−.11	1	.70	−.20	−.30	83	.26	.14	.22	16
Liberia 2013	276	−.138	−.23	.46	.03	.18	8	.49	.12	.51	84	.29	.03	.34	8	.34	−.05	.26	0
Malawi 2015–16	586	−.174	−.25	.41	−.12	−.50	54	.14	.19	.70	41	.31	−.02	−.09	1	.34	−.07	−.05	3
Mali 2012–13	437	−.178	−.22	.39	−.06	−.30	18	.14	.16	.45	25	.08	−.24	−.92	47	.26	−.08	−.18	10
Mozambique 2011	441	−.168	−.26	.43	−.11	−.40	41	.29	.03	.41	8	.15	−.08	−.01	0	.35	.12	.55	50
Namibia 2013	136	−.126	−.30	.41	−.07	−.39	30	.45	.02	.27	6	.80	−.09	−.11	21	.29	.09	.61	44
Niger 2012	422	−.142	−.39	.44	−.15	−.40	49	.10	−.16	−.08	2	.04	−.09	−.35	2	.29	.17	.51	46
Nigeria 2013	1465	−.137	−.21	.45	−.08	−.55	72	.31	−.06	−.33	21	.40	.00	−.03	0	.29	−.02	−.31	7
Rwanda 2014–15	227	−.180	−.38	.48	−.22	−.52	81	.14	.14	.47	14	.34	−.02	−.11	1	.34	−.11	−.07	4
Senegal 2010–11	476	−.105	−.26	.38	−.10	−.60	79	.31	.07	.28	21	.11	.00	.26	0	.29	−.03	.03	0
Sierra Leone 2013	562	−.119	−.24	.47	−.08	−.47	63	.30	−.03	−.02	1	.26	−.07	−.42	27	.37	.05	.14	10
Tanzania 2015–16	355	−.238	−.32	.44	−.12	−.30	17	.36	.33	.64	82	.74	−.04	−.02	1	.42	−.14	.27	0
Togo 2013–14	224	−.141	−.21	.41	−.06	−.19	12	.33	.18	.37	55	.26	−.10	−.51	33	.33	−.12	.23	0
Uganda 2016	574	−.141	−.34	.45	−.08	−.30	22	.20	.09	.28	11	.44	−.15	−.47	66	.37	.03	.03	1
Zambia 2013–14	436	−.089	−.29	.42	−.02	−.33	9	.32	.03	.40	15	.49	−.08	−.25	41	.34	.07	.38	35
Zimbabwe 2015	206	−.234	−.22	.46	−.17	−.54	81	.29	−.07	−.29	12	.84	−.09	−.05	7	.28	.02	−.27	0

G: Gini index; mean(y): mean of the predicted (ln) death rates; mean: mean of the dummy variable (coded 0/1), corresponds to the proportion of the factor in the country; b: regression coefficient from a multivariate Poisson model (in bold if significant); %_Gini: relative factor’s contribution calculated with the regression-based decomposition of the Gini index_h; A few negative contributions were restricted to 0