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Table 1 Prevalence of childhood stunting across different dimensions of inequality in Sierra-Leone from 2005 to 2013

From: Extent of and trends in inequalities in child stunting in Sierra-Leone from 2005 to 2013: evidence from demographic and health surveys and multiple indicator cluster surveys

Dimensions of inequality

Year

2005

 

2008

 

2010

 

2013

 

%(95% CI)

Popn

%(95% CI)

Popn

%(95% CI)

Popn

%(95% CI)

Popn

Wealth

 Poorest

49.95 (46.40, 53.50)

1034

36.45 (31.88, 41.27)

604

46.84 (43.65, 50.06)

1725

42.63 (39.08, 46.26)

1182

 Poor

52.53 (49.20, 55.84)

1150

43.59 (38.57, 48.76)

580

48.91 (45.73, 52.10)

1743

40.41 (36.52, 44.43)

1196

 Middle

48.57 (45.15, 51.99)

1079

37.71 (32.54, 43.17)

615

47.84 (44.90, 50.78)

1611

38.14 (34.30, 42.14)

1121

 Rich

45.53 (42.37, 48.72)

952

36.52 (30.91, 42.52)

589

41.46 (38.28, 44.72)

1519

35.02 (31.43, 38.78)

945

 Richest

32.76 (29.03, 36.71)

697

22.65 (18.06, 28.01)

373

32.78 (29.13, 36.66)

1129

28.11 (23.49, 33.24)

647

Education

 No education

49.06 (47.19, 50.93)

3957

37.91 (34.96, 40.96)

1701

46.49 (44.55, 48.43)

5644

38.96 (36.60, 41.37)

2873

 Primary school

40.08 (35.88, 44.43)

506

30.09 (23.74, 37.31)

234

40.33 (36.77, 43.99)

1024

38.39 (33.34, 43.70)

577

 Secondary school +

35.80 (31.70, 40.10)

445

22.88 (17.53, 29.28)

212

37.27 (33.91, 40.75)

1061

32.54 (27.74, 37.73)

658

Residence

 Rural

49.21 (47.29, 51.14)

3874

38.87 (36.05, 41.76)

2013

45.74 (43.84, 47.64)

5620

40.31 (37.99, 42.66)

3923

 Urban

38.54 (35.14, 42.05)

1040

29.70 (24.63, 35.32)

750

40.86 (37.05, 44.78)

2110

29.66 (26.47, 33.06)

1169

Sex

 Female

44.97 (42.77, 47.19)

2485

34.27 (31.44, 37.22)

1422

41.66 (39.56, 43.79)

3876

36.90 (34.42, 39.46)

2633

 Male

48.99 (46.79, 51.19)

2429

38.62 (35.10, 42.26)

1341

47.17 (45.05, 49.29)

3854

38.89 (36.58, 41.24)

2460

Regions

 01 east

44.11 (40.38, 47.92)

1199

33.56 (29.09, 38.35)

507

41.50 (38.35, 44.73)

2067

42.17 (37.81, 46.66)

1182

 02 north

52.39 (49.68, 55.09)

1887

39.51 (35.62, 43.54)

1327

48.64 (45.76, 51.53)

2930

35.40 (32.61, 38.30)

2226

 03 south

45.79 (42.96, 48.64)

1390

38.05 (32.81, 43.57)

546

42.71 (39.99, 45.48)

1944

42.19 (38.26, 46.21)

1164

 04 west

34.96 (30.65, 39.52)

436

26.89 (22.09, 32.29)

382

40.44 (34.24, 46.97)

787

28.91 (23.68, 34.76)

520

  1. Notes: popn Population share of each subgroup, CI Confidence Interval