Table 2 Regional inequalities UHC Service Coverage sub-index on RMNCH, 2012–17
Background characteristics | Regional inequalities 2012 | Regional inequalities 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High to low absolute difference (percentage points) | High to low relative ratio | High to low absolute difference (percentage points) | High to low relative ratio | ||
Wealth quintile | Poorest | 18.06 | 2.11 | 21.75 | 2.38 |
Poorer | 32.12 | 2.22 | 24.99 | 1.96 | |
Middle | 30.04 | 1.86 | 20.79 | 1.49 | |
Wealthier | 34.74 | 1.92 | 22.57 | 1.53 | |
Wealthiest | 46.84 | 2.56 | 18.07 | 1.31 | |
Place of residence | Urban | 38.86 | 2.12 | 26.97 | 1.69 |
Rural | 50.78 | 3.28 | 41.92 | 2.69 | |
Mother's education | Illiterate | 40.14 | 2.88 | 28.14 | 2.13 |
Primary | 42.09 | 2.25 | 26.05 | 1.7 | |
Middle | 25.24 | 1.57 | 14.44 | 1.29 | |
Secondary | 31.86 | 1.79 | 26.22 | 1.53 | |
Higher | 27.73 | 1.57 | 8.45 | 1.14 | |
Mother's age |  < 20 | 37.7 | na | 47.45 | na |
20–34 | 46.36 | 2.84 | 37.32 | 2.31 | |
35–49 | 50.44 | 3.02 | 33.9 | 2.02 | |