Table 2.
Inequality in cesarean section rate by different inequality measures across the various dimensions of inequality, between 2000 and 2016 EDHS
| Inequality dimension | Survey years | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | 2011 | 2016 | ||||||||||
| Measures | Estimate | LB | UB | Estimate | LB | UB | Estimate | LB | UB | Estimate | LB | UB | |
| Economic status | D | 3.4 | 2.2 | 4.6 | 6 | 4.4 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 5.8 | 10 | 8.6 | 6.2 | 11 |
| PAR | 2.8 | NA | NA | 5 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 7 | 7 | 6.5 | 7.5 | |
| SII | NA | NA | NA | 8.1 | 5.4 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 8.6 | 6.5 | 11 | |
| RCI | 78 | 72 | 84.3 | 70 | 60 | 81 | 68 | 60 | 76 | 47 | 32 | 61 | |
| Education | D | 8.6 | 5.3 | 11.9 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 16 | 9.5 | 22 | 11 | 7.2 | 14 |
| PAR | 8.1 | 8 | 8.16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 9.2 | 9 | 9.4 | |
| SII | 6.3 | 4 | 8.64 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 7.3 | 12 | 10 | 7.8 | 12 | |
| RCI | 79 | 71 | 88 | 62 | 49 | 74 | 60 | 49 | 71 | 48 | 37 | 59 | |
| Place of residence | D | 5.1 | 3.1 | 7.15 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 12 | 12 | 8.5 | 15 |
| PAR | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.69 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |
| Region | D | 11 | 7.4 | 14.8 | 18 | 9.8 | 26 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 25 |
| PAR | 11 | 10 | 10.7 | 17 | −1 | 35 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 19 | |