Measurement and analysis of inequality of opportunity in access of maternal and child health care in Togo

Table 2 Contribution of circumstances variables to indicators of access to maternal and child health care services

		Birth in a qualified center	Immunization	Access to prenatal care	Access to prenatal care given by qualified staff	Access to required consultation visits	Adequate care
Mother’s education	1998	18.58	20.71	22.09	19.54	21.37	15.91
Mother’s education	2013	15.5	7.57	28.2	7.38	18.1	7.03
Father’s education	1998	17.3	23.7	23.3	24.4	24.2	22.4
Father’s education	2013	9.84	0.54	12.38	8.11	7.79	7.22
Mother’s occupation	1998	4.71	4.44	6.82	7.57	4.32	2.39
Mother’s occupation	2013	9.41	9.62	11.28	5.71	8.43	6.91
Father’s occupation	1998	16.45	20.49	17.84	18.15	15.88	8.57
Father’s occupation	2013	16.07	3.77	9.19	14.74	13.28	14.1
Household’s socioeconomic status (wealth quintile)	1998	6.63	2.28	1.41	1.36	4.03	9.62
Household’s socioeconomic status (wealth quintile)	2013	21.18	5.06	12.34	22.32	18.75	18.67
Sex of the head of household	1998	2.8	5.4	1.98	2.08	2.74	9.47
Sex of the head of household	2013	2.33	3.39	0.73	3.51	1.07	1.9
Children’s Sex	1998	0.25	0.61	1.64	1.72	0.71	0.25
Children’s Sex	2013	0.13	6.42	0.1	0.32	0.71	3.16
Number of children in the household	1998	5.81	3.58	8.01	7.76	7.17	5.21
Number of children in the household	2013	4.8	1.76	9.28	4.32	6.31	5.15
Region	1998	7.33	4.92	2.91	1.93	4.53	13.82
Region	2013	9.06	59.84	5.13	12.49	8.41	13.73
Residence	1998	20.13	13.83	14.05	15.53	15.07	12.37
Residence	2013	11.74	2.02	11.39	21.1	17.43	22.12

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