Table 6.
Decomposition of having C-section at childbirth gaps
| Burkina Faso | Niger | Nigeria | Ghana | Senegal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pr(low-wealth) | 0.010 | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.050 | 0.026 | |||||
| Pr(high-wealth) | 0.027 | 0.019 | 0.029 | 0.162 | 0.073 | |||||
| Difference | -0.017 | -0.016 | -0.024 | -0.112 | -0.048 | |||||
| Total explained | -0.016 | -0.010 | -0.025 | -0.106 | -0.038 | |||||
| % explained | 94.12% | 62.50% | 102.77% a | 94.64% | 79.17% | |||||
| Variable contribution | Decomp. | % | Decomp. | % | Decomp. | % | Decomp. | % | Decomp. | % |
| Age | 0.002 | -12.5 | 0.000 | -3.2 | -0.001 | 4.1 | 0.001 | -0.9 | -0.005 | 13.2 |
| Children ever born | -0.003 | 18.8 | -0.000 | 2.8 | -0.003** | 12.2 | -0.034*** | 32.1 | -0.011*** | 28.9 |
| No education | -0.002 | 12.5 | -0.003* | 26.3 | -0.006** | 24.4 | -0.022** | 20.8 | -0.006* | 15.8 |
| 10 education | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.001 | -5.6 | 0.000 | 0.0 | -0.001 | 0.9 | 0.002* | -5.3 |
| Rural | -0.008*** | 50.0 | -0.005* | 48.8 | -0.004*** | 16.2 | -0.017** | 16.0 | -0.008* | 21.1 |
| No religion | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Islam | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | -0.003** | 12.2 | 0.005 | -4.7 | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Traditional | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.006 | -5.7 | - | - |
| Animist | 0.000 | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.000 | 0.0 | |
| No partner | - | 0.0 | -0.000 | 0.1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | - | - | -0.001* | 2.6 |
|
No Complication information Don't know |
0.000 - |
0.0 - |
-0.000 0.001 |
2.7 -14.3 |
-0.004*** 0.000 |
16.2 0.0 |
-0.003* - |
2.8 - |
0.002** - |
-5.3 - |
| Missing | - | - | -0.001 | 6.2 | -0.002 | 8.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Health facility permit | 0.000 | 0.0 | -0.000 | 2.2 | 0.000 | 0.0 | -0.001 | 0.9 | - | - |
| Health facility money | 0.000 | 0.0 | -0.001 | 6.4 | -0.001* | 4.1 | -0.002 | 1.9 | - | - |
| Health facility distance | 0.000 | 0.0 | -0.000 | 0.5 | 0.000 | 0.0 | 0.002 | -1.9 | - | - |
| Health facility alone | 0.000 | 0.0 | -0.000 | 1.5 | -0.001 | 4.1 | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Health facility attitude | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - |
| Uninsured | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Cascades | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Centre | -0.003 | 18.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Centre Est | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Centre Nord | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Centre Ouest | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Centre Sud | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Est | -0.001 | 6.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hauts Basins | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nord | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plateau Central | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sahel | -0.001** | 6.3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sud Ouest | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Agadez | - | - | 0.000 | -0.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diffa | - | - | 0.000 | -2.1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Dosso | - | - | 0.000 | -3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maradi | - | - | -0.000 | 0.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tahoua | - | - | -0.003 | 25.6 | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tillaberi | - | - | -0.000 | 3.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zinder | - | - | -0.000 | 2.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| North Central | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - |
| North East | - | - | - | - | 0.002 | -8.1 | - | - | - | - |
| North West | - | - | - | - | -0.001 | 4.1 | - | - | - | - |
| South East | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - |
| South South | - | - | - | - | -0.001 | 4.1 | - | - | - | - |
| Western | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Central | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Volta | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.002** | 1.9 | - | - |
| Eastern | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 | - | - |
| Greater Accra | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.004 | -3.8 | - | - |
| Brong Ahafo | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.002* | 1.9 | - | - |
| Northern | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.027*** | 25.5 | - | - |
| Upper East | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.012 | 11.3 | - | - |
| Upper West | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.003 | 2.8 | - | - |
| Ziguinchor | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.001 | -2.6 |
| Diourbel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.001 | 2.6 |
| SaintLouis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Tambacounda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.002 | 5.3 |
| Kaolack | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.001* | 2.6 |
| This | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.002* | -5.3 |
| Louga | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Fatick | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.001* | 2.6 |
| Kolda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.005* | 13.2 |
| Matam | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Kaffrine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.003 | 7.9 |
| Kedougou | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Sedhiou | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -0.001* | 2.6 |
| N | 9838 | 7654 | 19959 | 4147 | 8750 |
* p<0.05 ** p<0.01 *** p<0.001
a The model explains 100% of the gap; the rest is noise due to the fact that the unexplained portion is negative.