Relative contribution (%) of determinants to overall inequality (G) and to wealth-related inequality (C) in under-5 mortality in the 13 countries, Demographic and Health Surveys 2007–2010
| G | Household wealth | Skilled birth attendance | Sex of the child | Birth order and interval | Mother's age at birth | Type of residence | Mother's education | Father's education | Mother's occupation | Father's occupation | Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DRCongo | −0.128 | 2.4 | 7.3 | 5.3 | 35.6 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 17.4 | −0.7 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 14.0 |
| Egypt | −0.080 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 35.0 | 1.7 | 0.9 | −2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 27.9 |
| Ghana | −0.108 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 22.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 12.5 | 5.6 | 16.3 | 36.3 |
| Kenya | −0.129 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 15.8 | 5.7 | 7.5 | 52.6 |
| Lesotho | −0.117 | 0.4 | 14.9 | 16.6 | 18.3 | 10.6 | 2.3 | 10.7 | −0.5 | 7.0 | 1.9 | 17.6 |
| Liberia | −0.082 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 30.2 | 11.2 | −0.4 | 1.8 | 18.7 | 10.4 | 3.9 | 15.1 |
| Madagascar | −0.068 | 2.5 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 47.6 | −1.3 | 0.9 | −1.3 | 0.5 | −0.1 | 5.0 | 39.7 |
| Malawi | −0.077 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 21.1 | 63.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| Nigeria | −0.124 | 5.0 | −1.3 | 1.7 | 46.9 | 4.2 | 16.2 | 5.0 | 2.9 | −0.5 | −0.6 | 20.5 |
| Sao Tome & Principe* | 0.191 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 17.9 | 14.8 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 27.3 | −1.0 | 6.6 | 8.9 | 6.6 |
| Sierra Leone | −0.109 | 3.7 | 8.2 | 3.8 | 57.0 | 4.7 | 8.9 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 8.2 |
| Tanzania | −0.102 | −0.6 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 14.1 | −1.0 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 4.3 | 59.8 |
| Zambia | −0.092 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 46.4 | −2.7 | 9.9 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 2.5 | −0.1 | 24.1 |
| C | Household wealth | Skilled birth attendance | Sex of the child | Birth order and interval | Mother's age at birth | Type of residence | Mother's education | Father's education | Mother's occupation | Father's occupation | Region | |
| DRCongo | 0.057 | 13.1 | 11.3 | −0.6 | −1.2 | 0.4 | 12.5 | 33.1 | −2.1 | 17.6 | 20.8 | −4.9 |
| Egypt | 0.020 | 119.0 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 33.4 | 5.3 | −13.8 | −65.1 | 22.0 | −25.3 | 49.5 | −27.3 |
| Madagascar | 0.020 | 29.4 | 27.7 | 0.4 | 39.0 | 2.3 | 6.7 | −25.4 | 5.0 | −7.6 | 18.3 | 4.3 |
| Nigeria | 0.067 | 16.5 | −3.2 | 0.3 | 11.1 | 4.9 | 33.5 | 11.6 | 6.9 | −4.7 | −2.3 | 25.4 |
| Sao Tome & Principe* | −0.045 | 60.9 | −12.3 | 2.0 | 4.5 | −1.2 | −43.4 | 76.3 | −9.4 | 14.5 | 40.2 | −32.2 |
The relative contributions were calculated by decomposing G and C using Wagstaff's method.20
*As some children had a positive predicted value (a very high death probability) in Sao Tome & Principe, G and C measures were corrected (the minimum value was subtracted from all observations) and their sign is therefore inverted.
C, concentration index; G, Gini index.