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Table 6 Concentration indices of malnutrition prevalence by region: Ranking variables -wealth index and consumption

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

Regions

Height-for-Age

(HAZ)

Weight-for-Height

(WHZ)

Weight-for-Age

(WAZ)

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth

Consumption

Tigray

−.029** (.021)

−.053** (.022)

−.001 (.025)

.021 (.042)

−.050*** (.016)

−.038*

−.017

Amhara

−.036* (.023)

−.019* (.014)

−.069*** (.025)

−.036 (.025)

−.052** (.021)

−.017 (.013)

Oromia

−.035** (.015)

−.039** (.016)

−.036* (.022)

−.028 (.021)

−.047*** (.013)

−.040** (.016)

SNNP

−.054*** (.010)

−.057*** (.019)

−.010 (.020)

−.038 (.028)

−.057*** (.013)

−.067** (.020)

Other

−.052**

−.017

−.040

.006

−.053***

−.015

Regions

(.023)

(.023)

.028

(.019)

(.016)

(.015)

Difference

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

1%

  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)