Socioeconomic inequalities in HIV/AIDS prevalence in sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from the Demographic Health Surveys

Hajizadeh, Mohammad; Sia, Drissa; Heymann, S Jody; Nandi, Arijit

doi:10.1186/1475-9276-13-18

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 6 Concentration index and generalized concentration index of independent variables (full sample)

From: Socioeconomic inequalities in HIV/AIDS prevalence in sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from the Demographic Health Surveys

		Age-Gender				Marital status		Living standard	Education		Occupation				Sexual behaviours					Urban residence
Country		15-20	21-29	31-39	Female	Never married	Separated/ divorced/widowed	Wealth Index	Primary	Secondary and above	White collar	Blue collar	Other	Unemployed	Number of Sex Partners	Never had sex	<16	16-17	18-19	Urban
BF	RC	0.022	0.058	0.002	0.000	0.148	0.061	0.505	0.225	0.638	0.724	0.242	0.309	0.215	0.350	0.054	-0.123	-0.018	0.046	0.637
	GC	0.004	0.019	0.001	0.000	0.035	0.002	7.269	0.037	0.083	0.027	0.022	0.053	0.030	0.045	0.008	-0.018	-0.004	0.009	0.170
CM	RC	0.011	0.053	-0.007	-0.016	0.129	0.021	0.346	-0.195	0.288	0.487	0.159	0.152	0.160	0.350	0.054	-0.123	-0.018	0.046	0.395
	GC	0.003	0.019	-0.001	-0.008	0.047	0.001	11.829	-0.065	0.149	0.032	0.033	0.030	0.037	0.182	0.008	-0.033	-0.004	0.008	0.214
CG	RC	0.036	0.052	-0.011	-0.011	0.088	-0.078	0.320	-0.306	0.123	--	--	--	--	0.021	0.119	-0.092	0.061	0.081	0.330
	GC	0.007	0.019	-0.003	-0.006	0.029	-0.009	12.765	-0.072	0.089	--	--	--	--	0.021	0.119	-0.092	0.061	0.081	0.208
CD	RC	0.085	0.008	-0.009	-0.001	0.161	-0.098	0.465	-0.201	0.244	0.342	0.253	--	0.178	0.038	0.166	-0.112	0.016	0.028	0.438
	GC	0.017	0.003	-0.002	-0.001	0.050	-0.007	12.477	-0.069	0.125	0.088	0.027	--	0.053	0.058	0.054	-0.053	0.007	0.011	0.195
CI	RC	0.057	0.029	-0.030	0.008	0.140	0.001	0.352	0.002	0.316	0.354	0.280	0.108	0.129	0.109	0.126	-0.078	0.030	0.073	0.361
	GC	0.013	0.012	-0.007	0.004	0.058	0.000	13.897	0.001	0.092	0.053	0.023	0.022	0.036	0.137	0.039	-0.037	0.013	0.027	0.172
ET	RC	0.025	0.041	-0.015	0.000	0.132	0.024	0.189	0.045	0.622	0.696	0.354	0.259	0.035	0.375	0.087	-0.099	-0.026	0.009	0.697
	GC	0.006	0.014	-0.004	0.000	0.044	0.002	6.198	0.020	0.083	0.035	0.030	0.035	0.009	0.019	0.025	-0.021	-0.003	0.001	0.160
GH	RC	0.028	0.045	-0.029	0.016	0.136	0.011	0.484	-0.161	0.210	0.411	0.194	0.263	0.154	0.146	0.095	-0.129	-0.042	0.031	0.443
	GC	0.006	0.014	-0.007	0.009	0.047	0.001	12.372	-0.029	0.124	0.044	0.031	0.044	0.035	0.031	0.019	-0.021	-0.008	0.006	0.207
GN	RC	0.102	0.072	-0.076	-0.035	0.187	0.134	0.540	0.133	0.477	0.502	0.339	0.281	0.326	0.192	0.156	-0.103	0.042	0.074	0.597
	GC	0.021	0.020	-0.019	-0.019	0.047	0.006	12.917	0.019	0.096	0.020	0.038	0.055	0.068	0.059	0.017	-0.037	0.009	0.011	0.205
KE	RC	-0.129	0.082	0.037	-0.025	0.007	-0.087	0.249	-0.141	0.291	0.327	0.046	0.234	-0.060	0.075	-0.064	-0.129	0.014	0.077	0.668
	GC	-0.027	0.029	0.009	-0.013	0.003	-0.007	11.176	-0.077	0.112	0.067	0.006	0.022	-0.017	0.017	-0.010	-0.036	0.003	0.014	0.165
LS	RC	-0.021	-0.004	0.040	0.026	0.042	-0.065	0.320	-0.217	0.298	0.390	0.177	0.214	-0.022	0.025	0.000	-0.091	0.010	0.025	0.553
	GC	-0.005	-0.001	0.009	0.014	0.018	-0.006	11.755	-0.104	0.135	0.044	0.027	0.016	-0.010	0.012	0.000	-0.020	0.002	0.005	0.169
LR	RC	0.099	0.002	-0.016	-0.066	0.184	-0.003	0.406	-0.082	0.312	0.448	0.209	0.391	0.356	0.142	0.080	-0.056	0.019	0.035	0.535
	GC	0.015	0.001	-0.005	-0.029	0.050	0.000	11.098	-0.026	0.109	0.044	0.015	0.085	0.043	0.062	0.006	-0.017	0.006	0.007	0.194
MW	RC	0.040	-0.016	-0.008	-0.020	0.130	-0.123	0.446	-0.109	0.429	0.523	0.015	0.180	0.110	0.121	0.111	-0.068	0.019	-0.011	0.587
	GC	0.009	-0.006	-0.002	-0.010	0.037	-0.010	8.958	-0.070	0.108	0.032	0.003	0.026	0.022	0.019	0.015	-0.021	0.004	-0.002	0.119
ML	RC	0.051	0.046	-0.045	-0.008	0.092	0.203	0.506	0.072	0.528	0.509	0.287	0.226	0.070	0.285	0.043	-0.040	0.031	0.050	0.574
	GC	0.011	0.014	-0.011	-0.004	0.019	0.008	7.337	0.011	0.077	0.013	0.027	0.042	0.024	0.042	0.007	-0.013	0.005	0.006	0.198
MZ	RC	0.035	0.029	-0.052	-0.031	0.285	0.046	0.452	-0.043	0.591	0.597	0.386	0.240	-0.178	0.262	-0.015	-0.069	0.057	0.059	0.452
	GC	0.003	0.009	-0.014	-0.017	0.030	0.006	8.010	-0.026	0.077	0.043	0.041	0.029	-0.122	0.061	0.000	-0.024	0.015	0.011	0.126
NE	RC	0.086	0.019	-0.050	-0.037	0.265	0.117	0.611	0.223	0.676	0.421	0.046	0.086	0.017	0.463	0.237	-0.108	-0.047	0.029	0.713
	GC	0.016	0.006	-0.013	-0.021	0.051	0.004	7.313	0.030	0.065	0.028	0.005	0.015	0.006	0.018	0.037	-0.037	-0.007	0.003	0.159
RW	RC	0.014	0.020	-0.012	-0.035	0.079	-0.205	0.267	-0.058	0.436	0.641	0.172	0.493	0.096	0.172	0.045	-0.005	-0.039	-0.017	0.518
	GC	0.003	0.007	-0.002	-0.018	0.033	-0.014	5.427	-0.040	0.077	0.023	0.027	0.035	0.012	0.015	0.013	0.000	-0.004	-0.003	0.080
ST	RC	0.087	-0.029	-0.033	0.018	0.109	-0.282	0.392	-0.179	0.306	0.174	-0.116	-0.096	0.075	0.007	0.103	-0.095	-0.050	0.021	0.152
	GC	0.020	-0.009	-0.008	0.009	0.034	-0.029	9.758	-0.103	0.119	0.051	-0.014	-0.013	0.022	0.002	0.015	-0.020	-0.014	0.005	0.079
SN	RC	-0.035	0.048	0.006	-0.009	0.127	0.095	0.263	0.119	0.314	0.327	0.161	0.090	0.003	0.141	0.123	-0.227	-0.103	-0.007	0.370
	GC	-0.008	0.017	0.001	-0.005	0.053	0.003	13.810	0.029	0.084	0.045	0.024	0.017	0.001	0.018	0.037	-0.040	-0.011	-0.001	0.192
SL	RC	0.142	0.045	-0.067	-0.005	0.251	0.014	0.340	0.014	0.470	0.386	0.254	0.277	0.320	0.232	0.158	-0.091	0.066	0.089	0.537
	GC	0.022	0.015	-0.019	-0.002	0.061	0.001	9.636	0.002	0.129	0.039	0.013	0.050	0.061	0.065	0.014	-0.033	0.013	0.015	0.193
SZ	RC	-0.084	0.028	0.075	-0.010	-0.002	-0.120	0.252	-0.240	0.190	0.191	0.035	0.241	-0.101	0.016	-0.050	-0.117	-0.022	0.024	0.491
	GC	-0.025	0.010	0.015	-0.005	-0.001	-0.009	11.529	-0.082	0.109	0.040	0.005	0.018	-0.052	0.006	-0.012	-0.018	-0.005	0.005	0.135
TZ	RC	0.025	0.020	-0.019	0.005	0.111	-0.054	0.506	-0.007	0.563	0.616	0.422	0.362	0.176	0.001	0.093	-0.131	-0.028	0.034	0.611
	GC	0.006	0.007	-0.005	0.003	0.036	-0.005	10.678	-0.005	0.066	0.037	0.025	0.040	0.035	0.000	0.016	-0.033	-0.006	0.007	0.144
UG	RC	0.039	0.045	-0.022	0.004	0.152	-0.080	0.390	-0.122	0.369	0.252	-0.084	0.280	0.070	0.203	0.087	-0.062	-0.003	-0.002	0.665
	GC	0.008	0.014	-0.005	0.002	0.041	-0.009	12.008	-0.071	0.112	0.037	-0.027	0.028	0.017	0.051	0.012	-0.016	-0.001	0.000	0.132
ZM	RC	0.101	0.028	-0.066	0.000	0.190	0.003	0.447	-0.229	0.335	0.525	0.196	0.259	0.132	0.082	0.226	-0.119	-0.047	0.011	0.533
	GC	0.021	0.010	-0.017	0.000	0.060	0.000	17.060	-0.114	0.144	0.044	0.019	0.039	0.044	0.020	0.030	-0.037	-0.010	0.002	0.227
ZW	RC	0.000	0.027	-0.033	-0.014	0.112	-0.028	0.349	-0.304	0.128	0.535	0.120	0.204	-0.093	0.098	0.100	-0.196	-0.083	-0.007	0.568
	GC	0.000	0.010	-0.008	-0.007	0.037	-0.003	8.513	-0.083	0.091	0.032	0.022	0.028	-0.043	0.019	0.021	-0.021	-0.016	-0.001	0.171

The generalized concentration index for each independent variable was calculated as: $G C_{k} = \bar{X_{k}} \times R C_{k}$ .

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