Table 2 Malnutrition concentration indices
From: Inequities in under-five child malnutrition in South Africa
Variable | Rate (%) | C | SE (C) | p-value | 95% confidence interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Higher | |||||
Stunting | 24.5 | -0.215 | 0.0160 | 0.000 | -0.246 | -0.184 |
Underweight | 17.0 | -0.152 | 0.0204 | 0.000 | -0.193 | -0.112 |
Wasting | 8.9 | -0.019 | 0.0298 | 0.520 | -0.078 | 0.039 |
Stunting: African | 26.9 | -0.154 | 0.0165 | 0.000 | -0.186 | -0.121 |
Stunting: Coloured | 18.8 | -0.248 | 0.0716 | 0.000 | -0.389 | -0.107 |
Stunting: White | 5.2 | -0.284 | 0.1624 | 0.082 | -0.604 | 0.036 |
Underweight: African | 18.6 | -0.083 | 0.0211 | 0.000 | -0.125 | -0.042 |
Underweight: coloured | 12.2 | -0.297 | 0.093 | 0.002 | -0.480 | -0.114 |
Underweight: White | 3.5 | -0.250 | 0.2014 | 0.217 | -0.646 | 0.147 |
Wasting: African | 9.5 | 0.033 | 0.0313 | 0.291 | -0.028 | 0.094 |
Wasting: Coloured | 5.2 | -0.106 | 0.1508 | 0.483 | -0.403 | 0.191 |
Wasting: White | 4.8 | -0.211 | 0.1706 | 0.218 | -0.547 | 0.125 |
Stunting: Metro | 18.0 | -0.314 | 0.0445 | 0.000 | -0.402 | -0.227 |
Stunting: Urban | 20.2 | -0.247 | 0.0422 | 0.000 | -0.330 | -0.164 |
Stunting: Rural | 28.0 | -0.144 | 0.0189 | 0.000 | -0.181 | -0.107 |
Underweight: Metro | 13.9 | -0.281 | 0.0525 | 0.000 | -0.385 | -0.178 |
Underweight: Urban | 16.4 | -0.136 | 0.0489 | 0.005 | -0.232 | -0.040 |
Underweight: Rural | 18.2 | -0.109 | 0.0252 | 0.000 | -0.158 | -0.059 |
Wasting: metro | 9.4 | -0.099 | 0.6679 | 0.137 | -0.2306 | 0.032 |
Wasting: urban | 9.5 | -0.035 | 0.0670 | 0.604 | -0.166 | 0.097 |
Wasting: rural | 8.5 | -0.031 | 0.0391 | 0.427 | -0.108 | 0.046 |