Table 1

Values of the wealth-based slope index for absolute inequality (expressed in per cent points) in the public and private sectors, by intervention and country

	Antenatal care (4+visits)			Institutional delivery			Early BF initiation			Postnatal care for baby			Careseeking for diarrhoea			Careseeking for pneumonia
Country	Private	Public	p-value	Private	Public	p-value	Private	Public	p-value	Private	Public	p-value	Private	Public	p-value	Private	Public	p-value
Afghanistan	14.4	12.7	0.614	15.8	53.7	<0.001	6.0	19.8	<0.001	2.4	5.8	0.114	18.4	−12.8	<0.001	26.0	−11.5	<0.001
Bangladesh	45.1	4.9	<0.001	56.7	7.9	<0.001	23.4	4.2	<0.001	47.0	9.4	<0.001	48.6	−5.8	<0.001	27.2	−23.8	0.002
Bhutan	–	–	–	0.6	72.2	<0.001	0.2	50.4	<0.001	–	–	–	–	–	–	1.9	17.3	0.174
India	42.0	7.2	<0.001	58.5	−16.4	<0.001	28.0	−8.1	<0.001	20.1	−1.1	<0.001	21.2	2.9	<0.001	18.8	4.4	<0.001
Maldives	45.8	−48.5	<0.001	31.8	−20.8	<0.001	17.6	−25.4	<0.001	–	–	–	37.3	−25.9	0.003	−1.1	−66.9	0.002
Nepal	26.5	−14.3	<0.001	28.0	33.7	0.265	13.1	7.5	0.207	–	–	–	19.9	−22.1	0.001	40.1	−32.7	0.001
Pakistan	55.1	13.1	<0.001	46.1	19.8	<0.001	12.8	1.7	<0.001	34.0	11.5	<0.001	31.3	−5.8	<0.001	32.5	−4.3	<0.001

Positive values of the slope index indicate pro-rich inequalities, and are shown in black font, while pro-poor inequalities are shown in red font. Cells highlighted in blue indicate that inequalities were significantly larger in the private than in the public sector, whereas yellow cells show the opposite. Cells that are not highlighted presented similar levels of inequality in both sectors (p>0.05).
BF, breast feeding.