Decomposition of trends in diarrhoea prevalence in the DRC 2001–2007
| Behavioural effect | Effect of composition | Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | Differentiation | Error | Total | |||
| B1 | B2 | B3 | B | A | C | |
| Maternal education | ||||||
| None | −1.422 | 0.000 | −0.243 | −1.665 | −0.764 | 43.4% |
| Primary | −2.317 | −0.079 | 0.792 | −1.604 | 0.149 | 26.0% |
| Secondary and+ | −1.837 | −0.125 | −0.314 | −2.277 | 0.566 | 30.6% |
| Overall | 99.7% | 3.6% | −4.2% | 99.1% | 0.9% | 100.0 |
| Water and sanitation | ||||||
| None | −0.732 | 0.000 | −0.349 | −1.081 | −0.447 | 27.3% |
| Water alone | −0.108 | 0.007 | 0.087 | −0.014 | −0.526 | 9.7% |
| Toilet alone | −3.201 | 0.438 | −0.580 | −3.343 | 0.945 | 42.8% |
| Water and toilet | −1.149 | 0.236 | −0.169 | −1.082 | −0.050 | 20.2% |
| Overall | 92.7% | −12.2% | 18.0% | 98.6% | 1.4% | 100.0 |
| Household wealth index | ||||||
| Poorest | −1.425 | 0.064 | 0.588 | −0.773 | 0.499 | 4.9% |
| Second | −1.340 | 0.120 | −0.605 | −1.825 | 0.226 | 28.6% |
| Middle | −1.302 | 0.176 | −0.245 | −1.371 | −0.038 | 25.2% |
| Fourth | −1.337 | 0.240 | 0.109 | −0.988 | 0.323 | 11.9% |
| Richest | −1.270 | 0.286 | 0.185 | −0.799 | −0.845 | 29.4% |
| Overall | 119.4% | −15.8% | −0.6% | 103.0% | −3% | 100.0 |
Source: 2001DRC-MICS; 2007 DRC-DHS.
DHS, Demographic and Health Surveys; DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo; MICS, multiple indicators cluster survey.