Access to primary healthcare Services in Conflict-Affected Fragile States: a subnational descriptive analysis of educational and wealth disparities in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, and Nigeria

Table 2 Education and wealth disparities in access to PHC services in Cameroon, DRC, Mali, and Nigeria by conflict intensity (using concentration index)

Type of disparity	Indicator	Country	Conflict intensity				Difference
			Medium or high		low or none		Difference
			CI	P-value	CI	P-value	Z test	P-value
Education	Geographic Barriers	Cameroon	−0.26	< 0.001	− 0.22	< 0.001	− 0.89	0.375
		DRC	−0.18	< 0.001	−0.09	< 0.001	−2.43	0.015
		Mali	−0.10	< 0.001	− 0.14	< 0.001	1.43	0.153
		Nigeria	−0.20	< 0.001	− 0.16	< 0.001	− 1.49	0.137
	Financial Barriers	Cameroon	−0.31	< 0.001	− 0.15	< 0.001	−5.18	< 0.001
		DRC	−0.24	< 0.001	− 0.10	< 0.001	−3.62	< 0.001
		Mali	−0.11	< 0.001	− 0.18	< 0.001	2.03	0.043
		Nigeria	−0.30	< 0.001	− 0.17	< 0.001	−5.57	< 0.001
Wealth	Geographic Barriers	Cameroon	−0.31	< 0.001	− 0.31	< 0.001	− 0.01	0.988
		DRC	−0.22	< 0.001	−0.16	< 0.001	−1.19	0.235
		Mali	−0.29	< 0.001	−0.21	< 0.001	−1.69	0.090
		Nigeria	−0.31	< 0.001	−0.21	< 0.001	−3.31	0.001
	Financial Barriers	Cameroon	−0.36	< 0.001	−0.22	< 0.001	−3.56	< 0.001
		DRC	−0.22	< 0.001	−0.12	< 0.001	−2.14	0.032
		Mali	−0.24	< 0.001	−0.21	< 0.001	− 0.57	0.566
		Nigeria	−0.39	< 0.001	−0.22	< 0.001	−6.20	< 0.001

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