Table 7

Inequalities by socio-economic status in preventive care and illness in children under two years (source: household survey)
Indicator
 Number of children
 Percentage of children Poorest – Least Poor
 Ratio Q1/Q5
 P*





Q1
 Q2
 Q3
 Q4
 Q5

VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months)
BCG before 12 months of age
 642/719
 84
 89
 93
 88
 92
 0.9
 0.15
DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age
 584/719
 76
 79
 86
 75
 90
 0.8
 0.03
OPV3 before 12 months of age
 652/719
 87
 90
 94
 90
 92
 0.9
 0.25
Measles before 12 months of age
 495/719
 61
 68
 68
 71
 74
 0.8
 0.02
Vitamin A in previous 6 months
 499/705
 67
 64
 75
 72
 76
 0.9
 0.15
MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months)
Slept under a net last night
 413/1,389
 16
 21
 28
 29
 50
 0.3
 <0.0001
Slept under a treated net last night
 159/1,389
 4
 5
 11
 10
 25
 0.2
 <0.0001
Slept under a recently-treated net last night
 125/1,389
 3
 4
 6
 9
 20
 0.2
 <0.0001
MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months)
Malaria parasitaemia
 778/1,244
 68
 67
 68
 64
 50
 1.4
 0.0001
Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL)
 383/1,246
 46
 31
 33
 29
 21
 2.2
 <0.0001
RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months)
Illness in the last two weeks
 670/1,398
 44
 50
 51
 47
 47
 0.9
 0.90
Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc)
 307/670
 44
 47
 45
 42
 49
 0.9
 0.81
Admissions in the previous year
 226/1,402
 20
 13
 13
 18
 17
 1.2
 0.77
NUTRITION
Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old
 77/327
 30
 20
 33
 21
 17
 1.8
 0.09
Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old
 397/1,233
 43
 32
 30
 35
 25
 1.7
 0.001

* Test for trend

Armstrong Schellenberg et al. BMC Public Health 2008 8:194   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-8-194