Table 1.
Summary statistics of 13 Sub-Saharan African countries.
| Country | Sample size | Prevalence* | Wealth ^ | Maternal Education ^ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SII | RII | SII | RII | |||
| AO | 1,199 | 22.22% | − 0.014 | 0.944 | 0.003 | 1.013 |
| BF | 4,954 | 20.00% | 0.054 | 1.458 | 0.156 | 3.827 |
| BU | 2,099 | 16.67% | 0.053 | 1.455 | 0.154 | 3.161 |
| KE | 4,318 | 16.16% | 0.083 | 1.601 | 0.157 | 3.161 |
| LB | 2,685 | 52.98% | 0.090 | 1.225 | 0.197 | 1.609 |
| MD | 1,947 | 8.08% | 0.063 | 3.110 | 0.027 | 1.629 |
| ML | 6,534 | 31.83% | 0.040 | 1.126 | 0.092 | 2.029 |
| MW | 1,840 | 33.33% | 0.200 | 2.212 | 0.222 | 2.765 |
| MZ | 3,430 | 43.74% | 0.131 | 1.504 | 0.109 | 1.400 |
| SL | 7,406 | 60.00% | 0.064 | 1.112 | 0.084 | 1.172 |
| TG | 2,831 | 46.97% | 0.053 | 1.123 | 0.092 | 1.336 |
| TZ | 2,942 | 13.33% | 0.129 | 2.182 | 0.114 | 1.917 |
| UG | 5,219 | 26.06% | 0.072 | 1.391 | 0.086 | 1.632 |
Sample size, prevalence and median slope index of inequality (SII) and relative index of inequality (RII) by country.
*Weighted prevalence; ^ median values.