Inequalities in utilization of maternal and child health services in Ethiopia: the role of primary health care

Table 2 Decomposition of the concentration indices for access to selected maternal and child health interventions in Ethiopia, 2011

	Contribution of need and non-need factors to the concentration indices for access to MCH care
	Medical treatment for Diarrhea		Skilled birth attendance		Measles immunization		Modern Contraceptive
	Absolute	%	Absolute	%	Absolute	%	Absolute	%
Need factors
Demographic	0.0002	0.1	−0.0079	−1.1	0.0012	1.4	−0.0038	−1.4
Health status	0^a	0.0	−0.0072	−1.0	-	-	0.0000	0.0
Subtotal	0.0002	0.1	−0.0151	−2.1	0.0012	1.4	−0.0038	−1.4
Non-need factors
Wealth index	0.0510	33.5	0.1162	15.9	0.0578	68.2	0.1605	58.4
Educational attainment (women)	0.0294	19.3	0.1779	24.4	0.0175	20.7	0.0449	16.4
Educational attainment (men)	0.0205	13.4	0.0510	7.0	−0.0033	−3.8	0.0021	0.8
Area of residence (rural)	0.0158	10.4	0.2984	40.9	−0.0019	−2.3	0.0265	9.7
Subtotal	0.1097	77.0	0.6434	88.2	0.0702	82.8	0.2341	85.2
Residual	0.0355	22.8	0.1015	13.9	0.0134	15.8	0.0443	16.1
Total	0.1523		0.7299		0.0847		0.2747
Horizontal inequity index	0.1521		0.7450		0.0835		0.2784
Adjusted R²	0.05		0.35		0.13		0.21

Note: ^aOmitted from the analysis as recent episode of diarrhea was highly correlated with medical care seeking