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Table 3 Educational and wealth disparities in access to PHC services in Cameroon, DRC, Mali, and Nigeria by conflict intensity (using mixed-effects logistic regression)

From: 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

Type of disparity

Indicator

Country

Conflict intensity

Interaction

Medium or high

low or none

ORa

SE

ORa

SE

t testa

P-value

Education

Geographic Barriers

Cameroon

0.782

0.150

0.683**

0.100

0.22

0.828

DRC

0.719

0.153

0.910

0.101

−1.12

0.263

Mali

0.925

0.212

0.584***

0.093

1.59

0.112

Nigeria

0.500***

0.054

0.680***

0.053

−2.28

0.023

Financial Barriers

Cameroon

0.459***

0.086

0.637**

0.103

−1.63

0.105

DRC

0.512***

0.127

0.585***

0.090

−0.56

0.576

Mali

0.713

0.144

0.506***

0.060

1.05

0.296

Nigeria

0.441***

0.036

0.532***

0.039

−1.98

0.048

Wealth

Geographic Barriers

Cameroon

0.448**

0.127

0.356***

0.089

0.68

0.499

DRC

0.607

0.187

0.644*

0.124

−0.31

0.760

Mali

0.250**

0.112

0.232***

0.061

0.09

0.931

Nigeria

0.297***

0.061

0.373***

0.047

−1.14

0.255

Financial Barriers

Cameroon

0.242***

0.074

0.143***

0.041

1.21

0.229

DRC

0.326***

0.095

0.280***

0.054

0.04

0.970

Mali

0.098***

0.038

0.116***

0.028

−0.49

0.624

Nigeria

0.169***

0.032

0.192***

0.021

−1.09

0.277

  1. a: model was adjusted for women’s age, employment, urban-rural status, and the number of children in the family.
  2. *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05