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Table 7 Concentration indices of malnutrition prevalence by sex and rural small town: Ranking variables -wealth index and consumption

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

Groups

Height-for-Age

(HAZ) Weight-for-Height

(WHZ) Weight-for-Age (WAZ)

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth

Consumption

Wealth

Consumption

Male

−.044*** (.011)

−.051*** (.012)

−.041** (.014)

−.038** (.015)

−.061*** (.010)

−.051*** (.011)

Female

.049*** (.011)

−.044*** (.011)

−.021 (.015)

.018 (.016)

−.047*** (.011)

−.023* (.012)

Difference

not sign

not sign

not sign

5%

not sign

5%

Small town

−.090** (.034)

−.002 (.034)

.024 (.052)

.009 (.045)

−.073* (.044)

−.026 (.032)

Rural

−.043*** (.009)

−.048*** (.009)

−.031*** (.012)

−.019 (.013)

−.049*** (.009)

−.044*** (.009)

Difference

not sign

5%

not sign

no sign

no sign

no sign

  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)