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Table 7 Equity indicators of the studied households in the first (August 2002) and second (late 2003/early 2004) survey.

From: Effect of an armed conflict on relative socioeconomic position of rural households: case study from western Côte d'Ivoire

  MP/LP* CI** [Conf. Int.***]
Asset variable August 2002 Late 2003/early 2004 August 2002 Late 2003/early 2004
Possession of land 1.21 1.13 -0.03 (-0.06, -0.01) -0.02 (-0.05, 0.00)
Possession of house 1.09 1.13 -0.01 (-0.03, 0.01) -0.02 (-0.05, 0.00)
People per sleeping room 1.55 1.26 -0.12 (-0.18, -0.06) -0.08 (-0.15, 0.00)
Type of wall       
   Wood n.s.a n.s.a -0.97 (-1c, 0.32) -0.72 (-1c, 0.08)
   Mud/clay n.s.a n.s.a -0.44 (-0.52, -0.35) -0.64 (-0.77, -0.52)
   Cement 0.08 0.16 0.25 (0.21, 0.30) 0.23 (0.19, 0.27)
Type of roof       
   Thatch n.s.a n.s.a -0.75 (-1c, -0.49) -0.74 (-1c, -0.48)
   Tiles 0.96 0.96 0.26 (-0.12, 0.64) -0.06 (-0.37, 0.26)
   Corrugated sheets 0.39 0.47 0.12 (0.07, 0.17) 0.13 (0.08, 0.17)
Energy source for cooking       
   Wood 1.06 1.09 -0.01 (-0.03, 0.00) -0.01 (-0.04, 0.01)
   Coal 0b 0b 0.57 (-0.09, 1c) 0.40 (-0.27, 1c)
Electronic devices       
   Electricity in house 0.05 0.18 0.41 (0.36, 0.45) 0.30 (0.24, 0.36)
   Refrigerator 0b 0b 0.72 (0.25, 1c) 0.87 (0.40, 1c)
   Radio 0.38 0.22 0.19 (0.14, 0.25) 0.29 (0.24, 0.35)
   Television 0b 0b 0.66 (0.55, 0.77) 0.65 (0.54, 0.77)
   Ventilator 0b 0b 0.70 (0.42, 0.99) 0.77 (0.51, 1c)
   Video 0b 0b 0.96 (-0.88, 1c) 0.96 (-0.02, 1c)
Sanitation infrastructure and personal protection     
   No toilet 6.58 11.40 -0.41 (-0.49, -0.33) -0.34 (-0.39, -0.29)
   Uncemented toilet 2.89 0.39 -0.25 (-0.52, 0.02) 0.17 (-0.02, 0.35)
   Cemented toilet 0.13 0b 0.37 (0.31, 0.42) 0.46 (0.37, 0.55)
   Soap 1.03 0.84 0.00 (-0.01, 0.01) 0.03 (0.01, 0.05)
   Insecticide spray 0.28 0.65 0.38 (0.19, 0.57) 0.11 (-0.22, 0.45)
   Mosquito net 0.42 0.06 0.15 (-0.01, 0.31) 0.55 (0.33, 0.76)#
Main mean of transportation       
   Feet/walking 2.00 2.06 -0.14 (-0.18, -0.10) -0.12 (-0.15, -0.08)
   Bicycle 0b 0.08 0.62 (0.36, 0.88) 0.45 (0.23, 0.67)
   Car/motorbike 0b 0b 0.43 (0.16, 0.70) 0.68 (0.33, 1c)
  1. * Most poor-least poor ratio (adjusted for the difference in total number of households in the two quintiles)
  2. ** Concentration index
  3. *** 95% confidence interval of CI
  4. # Statistically significant equity shifts
  5. a Not specified as division by zero is mathematically not defined
  6. b Dividend is 0, indicating that no household of the most poor quintile owned the respective asset
  7. c The calculated confidence interval by using the "convenient regression method" includes values larger than 1 or smaller than -1. As CI is only defined in the interval (-1,1), the values in the table are adjusted accordingly.
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Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

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