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Table 2 Erreygers Concentration index (ECI) of Inequity in use of modern contraceptives by wealth and Education compared by the levels of residence, age (years), sub-region and marital status

From: Socio-economic and education related inequities in use of modern contraceptive in seven sub-regions in Uganda

 

Wealth-Quintile

Education level

N

Absolute ECI

SE

p-value

Absolute ECI

SE

p-value

Overall

1341

0.172

0.032

<0.001

0.146

0.035

0.0001

Residence

 Rural

1071

0.145

0.041

0.0009

0.137

0.041

0.0015

 Urban

270

0.213

0.053

0.0018

0.137

0.089

0.1493

 Difference between 2 groups

 

0.067

0.067

0.3159

0.000

0.098

0.9983

 Difference in groups

   

0.4303

  

0.935

Sub-region

 Western

225

0.150

0.083

0.1054

0.082

0.048

0.118

 Central-2

197

0.095

0.065

0.1792

0.118

0.070

0.127

 Central-1

215

0.143

0.063

0.0466

0.027

0.077

0.7327

 East-Central

194

0.157

0.070

0.0549

0.238

0.057

0.0032

 Eastern

221

0.125

0.061

0.0672

0.145

0.103

0.1903

 Karamoja

178

-0.002

0.001

0.0075

0.019

0.024

0.4548

 West Nile

111

-0.007

0.067

0.9240

0.191

0.033

0.0043

 Difference in groups

   

0.7043

  

0.1439

Age (years)

 15-19

199

0.071

0.063

0.2596

0.015

0.059

0.8067

 20-24

306

0.238

0.062

0.0003

0.1619

0.062

0.0107

 25-39

483

0.165

0.055

0.0035

0.134

0.057

0.0228

 40-49

353

0.178

0.057

0.0029

0.211

0.064

0.0015

 Difference in groups

   

0.0054

  

0.0049

Marital status

 Never-married

206

0.155

0.061

0.0144

0.145

0.057

0.0133

 Married

999

0.227

0.040

<0.001

0.197

0.040

<0.001

 Divorced/Widowed

136

0.050

0.097

0.609

0.071

0.080

0.3804

 Difference in groups

   

0.1023

  

0.2007

Disability status

 No-difficulty

914

0.194

0.041

<0.001

0.1401

0.0393

0.0007

 Some or a lot difficulty

427

0.105

0.057

0.0704

0.134

0.0532

0.0146

 Difference in groups

   

0.0592

  

0.4001