Social inequality in sexual and reproductive health in Ecuador: an analysis of gaps by levels of provincial poverty 2009–2015

Table 1 Measures of inequality in selected indicators of sexual and reproductive health in Ecuador for 2009 and 2015, stratified by multidimensional poverty

Measure	Year	Ratio of obstetric complications	Ratio of abortion complications	Ratio of home births	ASFR 15–19^a	MMR^b	Caesarean births
Absolute Gap	2009	56.11	NS	−211.06	− 33.87	−39.30	NS
	2015	NS	NS	−184.4	−7.61	−46.7	27.02
Relative Gap	2009	1.32	0.65	0.17	0.70	0.53	1.23
	2015	0.90	NS	0.06	0.90	0.48	2.05
SII	2009	106.25	NS	− 258.21	−44.69	−45.96	NS
	2015	NS	NS	− 121.39	−20.32	−58.64	NS
RII	2009	1.719	NS	0.007	0.588	0.440	NS
	2015	NS	NS	0.208	0.755	0.304	NS
CI	2009	0.086	NS	−0.331	−0.084	−0.127	NS
	2015	NS	NS	−0.496	−0.046	− 0.174	NS

^aASFR: age-specific fertility rate, ^b MMR: maternal death ratio, SII slope index of inequality, RII relative index of inequality, CI concentration index, NS not significant

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