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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)