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Table 4 Inequality decompositions of the Erreygers’s concentration index for women’s knowledge of cervical cancer and utilisation of cervical cancer screening

From: Wealth-related inequalities of women’s knowledge of cervical cancer screening and service utilisation in 18 resource-constrained countries: evidence from a pooled decomposition analysis

Variables

1OR

(95% CI)

Elast.

Erreygers’sConc.I

RC to the Erreygers’s Conc.I, % (95% CI)

Knowledge of cervical cancer

 Age (years)

1.03** (1.01, 1.05)

0.49

0.71

25.62*** (10.12, 30.59)

 Schooling (years)

1.08* (1.05, 1.11)

0.32

0.36

15.07*** (10.26, 19.57)

 Household head (= male)

0.76*** (0.74, 0.77)

− 0.24

0.01

−2.24*** (−3.10, −1.59)

 Household size

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)

− 0.01

− 0.25

8.59 (− 2.36, 25.65)

 Currently breastfeeding (= yes)

1.03*** (1.01, 1.05)

0.02

0.11

6.51 (− 0.25, 12.69)

 Currently amenorrhea (= yes)

1.23*** (1.19, 1.27)

0.02

− 0.06

− 1.37*** (− 2.37, − 1.05)

 Currently abstaining (= yes)

0.93** (0.90, 0.96)

− 0.01

− 0.03

0.32 (− 0.24, 2.38)

 Marital status (= married)

1.02* (1.00, 1.04)

0.01

− 0.01

− 0.08 (− 1.21, 0.09)

 Currently working status (= yes)

1.39*** (1.37, 1.41)

0.15

0.06

15.21*** (11.23, 59.45)

 Access to health facility (= yes)

1.55*** (1.52, 1.58)

0.33

−0.24

− 10.00** (− 12.65, −4.89)

 Health insurance coverage (= yes)

0.66*** (0.65, 0.67)

− 0.08

0.04

−6.94*** (− 9.58, − 4.29)

 Mass media exposure (= no)

0.84*** (0.83, 0.85)

−0.15

− 0.26

15.26** (5.16, 23.36)

 Place of residence (= urban)

1.13*** (1.11, 1.15)

0.09

−0.49

−9.76** (− 12.59, −5.69)

 Wealth score

1.26*** (1.25, 1.27)

0.64

0.61

24.00* (3.68, 55.23)

 Total

   

80.20** (60.55, 89.65)

Utilisation of cervical cancer screening

 Age (years)

1.03** (1.02, 1.05)

0.79

0.51

29.00*** (10.20, 39.51)

 Schooling (years)

0.99* (0.98, 0.99)

−0.08

0.36

17.00** (12.59, 51.16)

 Household head (= male)

1.12*** (1.10, 1.15)

0.12

0.01

3.33 (−2.36, 6.23)

 Household size

0.98* (0.97, 0.98)

−0.11

−0.25

1.29 (−1.20, 2.31)

 Currently breastfeeding (= yes)

1.16*** (1.14, 1.19)

−0.03

− 0.12

9.51*** (2.59, 12.59)

 Currently amenorrhea (= yes)

0.96** (0.93, 0.99)

−0.01

− 0.06

0.63 (−2.16, 2.13)

 Currently abstaining (= yes)

0.79*** (0.76, 0.82)

−0.01

− 0.03

2.04* (0.59, 4.57)

 Marital status (= married)

2.11*** (2.07, 2.15)

0.09

−0.02

−8.23*** (−12.46, −5.80)

 Currently working status (= no)

0.86*** (0.85, 0.88)

− 0.05

0.061

− 14.16*** (−19.23, − 8.47)

 Access to health facility (= no)

0.73*** (0.72, 0.74)

−0.18

− 0.24

11.22* (2.36, 19.49)

 Health insurance coverage (= yes)

1.58*** (1.55, 1.61)

0.07

0.04

8.08* (1.26, 9.45)

 Mass media exposure (= no)

0.43*** (0.39, 0.47)

−0.70

−0.26

6.72** (1.56, 16.81)

 Place of residence (= urban)

0.91** (0.89, 0.93)

0.09

−0.49

−9.76*** (−15.62, −6.85)

 Wealth score

1.99*** (1.09, 2.11)

0.14

0.62

27.00** (14.56, 45.65)

 Total

   

83.69*** (75.85, 95.54)

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Elast elasticity, Conc.I concentration index, RC relative contribution, 1ORs were derived using logit regression model, ***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05