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Table 2 Summary of average annual absolute changes in absolute and relative inequality measures, with countries as the units of analysis

From: Time trends in ethnic inequalities in child health and nutrition: analysis of 59 low and middle-income countries

 

Annual absolute change

 

WMDOM (absolute inequality)

WMROM (relative inequality)

Outcome

Mean

Median

SD

Mean

Median

SD

Stunting

-0.075

-0.076

0.192

-0.179

-0.016

0.772

CCI

-0.067

-0.043

0.200

-0.253

-0.159

0.476

U5MR

-0.059

-0.197

0.884

0.156

0.173

1.028

  1. Legend: WMDOM:weighted mean difference from overall mean (absolute). WMROM:weighted mean ratio to overall mean (relative). CCI: composite coverage index. U5MR: under-five mortality rate. SD:– standard deviation.