Socioeconomic Inequality in Delivery Care: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Study in Egypt

Research Abstract

Abstract: The analysis aims to clarify the role that the education of woman and the socioeconomic level of household have played in explaining the inequalities in utilization of health facility delivery, skilled birth attendant, and postnatal checkup in Egypt. Data from Egypt demographic health survey 2014 are used. The inequality in use of maternal health care is measured using concentration curve and Wagstaff normalized concentration index at national and subnational level. The findings of this study clearly indicate that utilization of facility health delivery, skilled assistance during childbirth and postnatal care was more concentrated among the richest and most educated mothers at national and subnational regions. Our analysis highlights that wealth-based inequality in all maternal health indicators was higher than education-based inequality at national and subnational regions.

Research Keywords

Keywords: Inequality, Delivery care, postnatal care, Concentration curve, Concentration index, Egypt