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. 2020 Sep 30;13:1061–1074. doi: 10.2147/JMDH.S245900

Table 8.

Magnitude of Inequalities in Contraceptive and Health Services Use in Greenstar Project Areas

Characteristics Coverage (%) Inequality Assessment
Overall Q1 (Poorest) Q5 (Richest) SII (Q5: Q1, % points) RII (Q5:Q1) Concentration Index (x100)
Intervention areas
Ever use 41.0 (39.1−42.8) 37.9 (34.1−41.8) 41.2 (37.0−45.3) 3.2 (−2.5−8.8) 1.1 (0.9−1.5) 0.8 (−0.1−2.7)
Current user 23.9 (22.2−25.5) 23.7 (20.3−27.1) 22.9 (19.3−26.4) −0.9 (−5.8−4.0) 1.0 (0.8−1.2) 2.2 (−0.3−4.7)
Modern-method user 17.4 (16.0−18.9) 17.6 (14.6−20.6) 16.6 (13.5−19.8) −0.1 (−5.3−3.4) 1.1 (0.8−1.4) −0.8 (−1.4−-0.2)
First-time use 74.6 (71.2−77.9) 83.7 (76.3−91) 81.4 (74.0−88.7) −2.3 (−12.6–8.1) 0.7 (0.3−1.4) −0.5 (−3.1−2.1)
Knowledge 94.6 (93.7−95.4) 93.9 (91.8−96) 93.5 (91.5−95.5) −1.3 (−4.0−1.4) 0.8 (0.5−1.3) −0.5 (−1.0−0.01)
ANCa 82.0 (80.5−83.5) 86.6 (83.5−89.6) 72.1 (68.4−75.8) −14.7(−19.4−-10.0) 0.4 (0.3−0.5) −3.3 (−4.3−-2.2)
Delivery at health facilities 66.2 (64.4−68.0) 73.3 (69.4−77.2) 57.8 (53.8−61.9) −16.3(−22.0−-10.6) 0.5 (0.4−0.6) −4.6 (−6.2−-3.0)
Control areas
Ever use 39.1 (37.2−41.0) 35.1 (30.6−39.7) 38.6 (34.4−42.9) 3.7 (−2.5−10.0) 1.0 (0.8−1.3) −0.8 (−3.3−1.8)
Current user 24.0 (22.3−25.7) 20.2 (16.3−24.0) 21.7 (18.1−25.3) 1.8 (−3.5−7.0) 1.1 (0.8−1.4) −2.3 (−5.7−1.2)
Modern-method user 19.0 (17.5−20.6) 16.5 (13.0−20.1) 14.7 (11.6−17.8) −1.7 (−6.4−3.0) 0.7 (0.6−1.0) 0.3 (−0.3−0.9)
First time useb 67.6 (63.2−72.0) 70.0 (62.0−78.0) 76.0 (65.6−86.4) 6.0 (−7.1−19.0) 1.4 (0.7−2.8) 2.2 (−1.6−6.0)
Knowledge 93.8 (92.9−94.8) 96.0 (94.3−97.6) 93.6 (91.4−95.8) −2.1(−5.1−0.9) 0.6 (0.4−1.1) −0.4 (−1.0−0.2)
ANCa 87.4 (86.1−88.8) 90.3 (87.7−92.8) 79.6 (75.9−83.3) −8.9 (−13.1−-4.7) 0.5 (0.3−0.7) −2.0 (−2.9−-1.1)
Delivery at health facilities 56.9 (54.9−58.8) 61.6 (57.5−65.7) 42.1 (37.6−46.5) −20.0 (−26.0−-13.9) 0.4 (0.3−0.6) −8.1 (−10.1−-6.1)

Notes: aFirst-time contraceptive use. bReceived antenatal care from skilled birth attendants. Explanatory note: All equity analysis was adjusted for baseline and endline survey points.

Abbreviations: SII, slope index inequality; RII, relative index inequality; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.