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Table 4 Comparison of Inequities in coverage of ANC4+, facility-based delivery and PNC1 along dimensions of Household wealth, Literacy and Distance

From: Inequities and their determinants in coverage of maternal health services in Burkina Faso

Outcome variable

Mean (%)

Health Equity Dimension

Household wealth

Literacy

Distancea

Absolute Difference

(percentage point)

Ratio

Absolute Difference (percentage point)

Ratio

Absolute Difference (percentage point)

Ratio

Least poor-Poorest

Least poor/ Poorest

Literate-Illiterate

Literate/ Illiterate

Near-Far

Near/Far

ANC4 + visitsb

44.1

5.5

1.1

2.7

1.1

8.0

1.5

Facility-based delivery

89.1

8.6

1.1

3.8

1.0

9.9

1.1

PNC1c

53.0

10.3

1.2

5.7

1.1

3.7

1.1

  1. aNear = ≤5 km to health facility and Far= > 5 km to health facility, bANC4 + =at least four antenatal care visits, cPNC1 = at least one postnatal care visit
  2. Basic source: Table 3