Examining changes in maternal and child health inequalities in Ethiopia

Table 6 Summary of results of changes in income related MNCH inequalities, 2000–2014

	Rate Differences		Rate Ratio		Conc. Index	Test of Dominance: Concentration Curves
	Bottom 40% vs. Top 60%	Poorest (q1) vs. Richest (q5)	Bottom 40% vs. Top 60%	Poorest (q1) vs. Richest (q5)	Conc. Index	mca rule	iup rule
Panel A: Health Status
Stunting	Worsened	Worsened	Worsened	Worsened	Worsened	NS	NS
Wasting	Worsened	NS	Worsened	NS	NS	Worsened	NS
Underweight	NS	NS	Worsened	Worsened	Worsened	Worsened	NS
NMR^a	NS	NS	−	−	Improved^a	−	−
IMR^a	NS	NS	−	−	Improved^a	−	−
U5MR^a	NS	NS	−	−	Improved^a	−	−
Panel B: Health Services
Measles vaccination	NS	NS	Improved	Improved	Improved	Improved	NS
Full immunization	NS	NS	NS	NS	Improved^b	NS	NS
Contraceptive	Worsened	NS	Improved	Improved	Improved	Improved	NS
ANC4+	Worsened	Worsened	NS	NS	Improved^b	Improved	NS
SBA	Worsened	Worsened	NS	Improved	Improved^b	Improved	Improved

Notes: The table summarizes results of different approaches presented in the previous sections and the test of dominance. The test of dominance is based on [15]. The number of evenly spaced quintile points is 19 (from 5% to 95%) and the significance level is 5%. The dominance test rules, mca and iup, respectively denote the multiple comparison approach and the intersection union principle. “–” is test not applicable. NS is no significant change from the earliest survey
^aThe improvement for mortality indicators is a progression of the distribution from a more pro-poor towards the line of equality. ^bImprovement is not significant if Wagstaff concentration index is used

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