Table 3 Coefficients and odds ratios for multilevel models of socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition by area of residence in 15 selected countries
From: Child health inequities in developing countries: differences across urban and rural areas
| Â | Â | Â | Within-urban inequities | Within-rural inequities | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Inequities at the national level (coefficient) (1) | Interaction of SES and area of residence (coefficient) (2) | Coefficient (3) | Odds ratio (4) | Coefficient (5) | Odds ratio (6) |
Central & Western Africa | ||||||
   1. Burkina Faso | -0.346 *** | 0.580 * | -0.824 *** | 2.3 | -0.244 * | 1.3 |
   2. Cameroon | -0.676 *** | 0.458 | -0.963 *** | 2.6 | -0.505 *** | 1.7 |
   3. Chad | -0.409 *** | -0.026 | -0.399 ** | 1.5 | -0.425 *** | 1.5 |
   4. Côte d'Ivoire | -0.754 *** | 0.276 | -0.884 *** | 2.4 | -0.608 * | 1.8 |
   5. Ghana | -0.454 *** | 0.302 | -0.655 ** | 1.9 | -0.353 * | 1.4 |
   6. Nigeria | -0.741 *** | 0.588 ** | -1.117 *** | 3.1 | -0.529 *** | 1.7 |
   7. Togo | -0.675 *** | 0.168 | -0.809 *** | 2.2 | -0.641 *** | 1.9 |
Eastern & Southern Africa | ||||||
   8. Kenya | -0.732 *** | 0.621 ** | -1.219 *** | 3.4 | -0.598 *** | 1.8 |
   9. Madagascar | -0.204 * | 0.722 ** | -0.767 *** | 2.2 | -0.045 | 1.0 |
   10. Malawi | -0.622 *** | 0.288 | -0.842 *** | 2.3 | -0.554 *** | 1.7 |
   11. Mozambique | -1.079 *** | 0.734 ** | -1.336 *** | 3.8 | -0.602 * | 1.8 |
   12. Tanzania | -1.066 *** | 0.205 | -1.248 *** | 3.5 | -1.043 *** | 2.8 |
   13. Uganda | -0.575 *** | 0.664 ** | -1.099 *** | 3.0 | -0.435 *** | 1.5 |
   14. Zambia | -0.442 *** | -0.164 | -0.312 | 1.4 | -0.476 *** | 1.6 |
   15. Zimbabwe | -0.507 *** | 0.263 | -0.716 ** | 2.0 | -0.453 *** | 1.6 |