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Table 5 Concentration indices (CI) of malnutrition prevalence by methods: Ranking variables -wealth index and consumption

From: Dynamics of inequality in child under-nutrition in Ethiopia

Method/Indicators

Standard CI

Consumption

CIc-CIw

Generalized CI

Consumption

CIc-CIw

Wealth

Difference

Wealth

Difference

HAZ

−.040*** (.011)

−.070*** (.012)

−.024** (.011)

−.065*** (.019)

−.114*** (.020)

−.039** (.017)

WHZ

−.028** (.012)

−.023*** (.013)

.000 (.012)

−.023** (.010)

−.019* (.011)

.000 (.010)

WAZ

−.061*** (.010)

−.059*** (.010)

.002 (.009)

−.087*** (.014)

−.084*** (.015)

.004 (.015)

Observation

6087

6087

5133

6087

687

5133

Erreygers-

Normalized

 

Wagstaff-

Normalized

Stunting

−.093*** (.024)

−.111*** (.025)

−.054** (.023)

−.107*** (.028)

−.132*** (.029)

−.059** (.025)

Wasting

−.028** (.012)

−.031*** (.012)

−.009 (.014)

−.083** (.036)

−.092*** (.035)

−.025 (.037)

Underweight

−.132*** (.022)

−.108*** (.021)

.007 (.025)

−.172*** (.029)

−.140*** (.024)

.010 (.032)

Observation

6087

6087

5133

6087

6087

5133

  1. Significance level ***, ** and * is at 1%, 5 and 10% respectively and; Std. Errors(in parenthesis) are adjusted for each clusters in ea_id (enumeration areas or primary sampling units)