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Table 1 Summary statistics of variables used in the analysis

From: The evolution of socioeconomic status-related inequalities in maternal health care utilization: evidence from Zimbabwe, 1994–2011

 

Overall

1994

1999

2005/06

2010/11

Variables

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Age 13–19

0.154

0.361

0.147

0.354

0.166

0.372

0.156

0.363

0.145

0.352

Age 20–24

0.324

0.468

0.319

0.466

0.327

0.469

0.339

0.474

0.309

0.462

Age 25–29

0.235

0.424

0.211

0.408

0.231

0.421

0.232

0.422

0.259

0.438

Age 30–34

0.160

0.367

0.175

0.380

0.138

0.344

0.160

0.366

0.174

0.379

Age 35–39

0.087

0.283

0.100

0.300

0.098

0.297

0.073

0.260

0.082

0.275

Age 40–44

0.032

0.177

0.040

0.195

0.034

0.181

0.033

0.178

0.025

0.156

Age 45–49

0.007

0.082

0.008

0.087

0.007

0.084

0.007

0.081

0.006

0.078

Marital status – married

0.841

0.366

0.864

0.343

0.838

0.368

0.814

0.389

0.851

0.356

Employed

0.438

0.496

0.520

0.500

0.526

0.499

0.364

0.481

0.360

0.480

No education

0.058

0.234

0.126

0.332

0.065

0.247

0.041

0.197

0.017

0.131

Primary education

0.393

0.489

0.500

0.500

0.436

0.496

0.352

0.478

0.311

0.463

Secondary education

0.548

0.498

0.374

0.484

0.499

0.500

0.607

0.488

0.672

0.470

Religion – Christian

0.543

0.498

0.495

0.500

0.815

0.388

0.435

0.496

0.408

0.492

Reads newspapers at least one a week

0.390

0.488

0.435

0.496

0.390

0.488

0.388

0.487

0.359

0.480

Listens to the radio at least once a week

0.511

0.500

0.383

0.486

0.580

0.494

0.528

0.499

0.522

0.500

Family planning

0.611

0.488

0.575

0.494

0.596

0.491

0.643

0.479

0.621

0.485

Terminated pregnancy

0.105

0.306

0.120

0.325

0.107

0.310

0.097

0.296

0.098

0.297

Wealth quintile 1 – poorest

0.219

0.413

0.241

0.428

0.195

0.397

0.228

0.420

0.216

0.412

Wealth quintile 2

0.192

0.394

0.183

0.386

0.179

0.383

0.201

0.401

0.205

0.404

Wealth quintile 3

0.183

0.387

0.179

0.384

0.186

0.389

0.174

0.379

0.191

0.393

Wealth quintile 4

0.222

0.415

0.211

0.408

0.233

0.423

0.220

0.414

0.219

0.414

Wealth quintile 5 – (richest)

0.184

0.388

0.186

0.389

0.207

0.405

0.177

0.382

0.168

0.374

Urban resident

0.312

0.464

0.267

0.442

0.346

0.476

0.313

0.464

0.312

0.463

Manicaland province

0.137

0.344

0.131

0.337

0.151

0.358

0.121

0.326

0.142

0.349

Mashonaland central province

0.101

0.301

0.087

0.282

0.094

0.293

0.111

0.315

0.106

0.308

Mashonaland east province

0.090

0.286

0.102

0.302

0.087

0.282

0.078

0.268

0.096

0.295

Mashonaland west province

0.110

0.313

0.116

0.320

0.099

0.299

0.101

0.301

0.125

0.330

Matabeleland north province

0.060

0.237

0.077

0.266

0.054

0.226

0.064

0.245

0.049

0.215

Matabeleland south province

0.052

0.223

0.058

0.234

0.059

0.236

0.045

0.207

0.048

0.214

Midlands province

0.131

0.338

0.137

0.343

0.123

0.329

0.143

0.350

0.124

0.329

Masvingo province

0.117

0.322

0.102

0.303

0.103

0.304

0.149

0.356

0.112

0.316

Harare province

0.151

0.358

0.140

0.347

0.168

0.373

0.138

0.345

0.156

0.363

Bulawayo province

0.052

0.221

0.051

0.221

0.061

0.240

0.051

0.219

0.043

0.202

Observations

13506

 

2218

 

2818

 

4073

 

4397

 
  1. Notes: All estimates are weighted to be nationally representative. Due to rounding, other statistics might not sum to one