Table 1.
Stunting prevalence in under-five children according to ethnic group, place of residence and wealth quintiles
| Stratifiers | DHS 1995 (N = 7809) |
DHS 1998 (N = 3538) |
RHS 2002 (N = 4623) |
RHS 2008 (N = 8483) |
DHS 2014 (N = 12567) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | |
| Ethnic group | |||||
| Indigenous | 72.7 (70.5; 74.7) | 73.6 (70.0; 76.9) | 75.0 (72.8; 77.0) | 63.6 (61.8; 65.5) | 61.1 (58.8; 63.5) |
| Nonindigenous | 43.0 (39.9; 46.1) | 42.1 (37.5; 47.0) | 41.2 (38.7; 43.8) | 34.9 (33.2; 36.7) | 33.9 (31.9; 35.9) |
| Difference (pp) | 29.7 | 31.5 | 33.8 | 28.7 | 27.2 |
| Place of residence | |||||
| Rural | 62.6 (60.6; 64.6) | 61.8 (56.9; 66.3) | 61.1 (58.9; 63.2) | 56.7 (55.1; 58.3) | 53.0 (50.8; 55.1) |
| Urban | 40.2 (36.0; 44.5) | 39.2 (30.6; 48.6) | 42.1 (38.7; 45.6) | 33.2 (31.1; 35.3) | 34.6 (31.9; 37.4) |
| Difference (pp) | 22.4 | 22.6 | 19.0 | 23.5 | 18.4 |
| Wealth quintiles | |||||
| Poorest | 70.5 (67.7; 73.1) | 71.3 (66.0; 76.2) | 74.1 (71.7; 76.3) | 67.9 (65.8; 69.9) | 65.9 (63.3; 68.4) |
| 2nd | 67.2 (64.4; 70.0) | 69.0 (64.5; 73.2) | 64.9 (61.3; 68.3) | 57.7 (55.1; 60.3) | 57.1 (54.4; 59.8) |
| 3rd | 58.9 (55.3; 62.5) | 58.2 (49.2; 66.6) | 47.4 (43.6; 51.2) | 41.7 (38.7; 44.8) | 43.8 (41.0; 46.6) |
| 4th | 39.3 (34.2; 44.7) | 34.0 (28.6; 40.0) | 40.0 (35.0; 45.2) | 24.8 (21.8; 28.2) | 28.9 (26.4; 31.4) |
| Wealthiest | 15.8 (12.2; 20.4) | 15.0 (11.1; 20.1) | 18.1 (12.8; 24.8) | 14.3 (11.2; 18.0) | 17.4 (15.1; 19.9) |
| SII (pp) | −52.9 (−58.4; − 47.4) | − 60.4 (− 68.6; − 52.3) | − 57.2 (− 63.3; − 51.1) | −60.2 (− 64.2; − 56.1) | −55.8 (− 59.7; − 51.9) |
| Total | 55.6 (53.5; 57.6) | 54.0 (49.8; 58.1) | 54.9 (53.0; 56.7) | 48.0 (46.7; 49.4) | 46.5 (44.8; 48.2) |
SII Slope index of inequality (absolute inequality)