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Table 5 Decomposition of skilled birth attendance by health personnel

From: Decomposing maternal socioeconomic inequalities in Zimbabwe; leaving no woman behind

 

Doctor assisted

Nurse-midwife assisted

Nurse

 

Elasticity

Concentration Index

Absolute Contri.

% Contri.

Elasticity

Concentration Index

Absolute Contri.

% Contri.

Elasticity

Concentration Index

Absolute Contri.

% Contri.

Women’s age

0.01

0.01

0.00

0.32

−0.01

0.01

0.00

0.71

0.00

0.01

0.00

0.69

Residence status

−0.05

− 0.32

0.06

28.91

0.05

−0.32

−0.06

54.72

0.01

−0.32

−0.01

40.34

Women’s Education

0.07

0.09

0.03

11.54

−0.07

0.09

−0.02

−23.69

0.01

0.09

0.01

14.36

Partner’ Education

0.06

0.09

0.02

9.65

−0.04

0.09

−0.01

12.30

−0.02

0.09

−0.01

20.57

Household Wealth

0.07

0.27

0.08

35.38

−0.02

0.27

−0.02

16.24

0.01

0.27

0.01

37.31

Household head sex

0.00

−0.02

0.00

0.02

0.00

−0.02

0.00

−0.13

0.01

−0.02

0.00

−1.27

Employment status

0.00

0.12

0.00

0.52

0.00

0.12

0.00

1.87

−0.01

0.12

0.00

12.54

Delivery place

0.03

0.06

0.01

2.92

0.02

0.06

0.00

−3.97

0.02

0.06

0.01

12.63

Antenatal care

0.06

0.03

0.01

3.23

0.11

0.03

0.01

−13.12

0.04

0.03

0.01

13.14

Postnatal care

−0.04

0.03

0.00

−1.82

0.14

0.03

0.01

−13.79

0.04

0.03

0.01

12.48

Distance to facility

0.00

−0.32

−0.01

−2.54

0.01

−0.32

−0.01

13.00

−0.02

− 0.32

0.03

70.40

Radio access

0.00

0.08

0.00

−0.11

−0.01

0.08

0.00

1.57

0.02

0.08

0.01

21.47

Television access

0.00

0.47

0.01

3.21

−0.03

0.47

−0.05

51.07

0.03

0.47

0.06

−163.05

Residuals

8.79%

3.21%

8.39%