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Re: Place of delivery [message #23787 is a reply to message #23780] Tue, 30 November 2021 10:27 Go to previous message
Bridgette-DHS is currently offline  Bridgette-DHS
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Following is another response from DHS Research & Data Analysis Director, Tom Pullum:

Unfortunately, I cannot get into the differences you are finding. I'm very interested in measures of concentration but can't go beyond the kind of support this forum is intended to provide. I'm not convinced that measures of concentration really do what you want. I would use logit regression, with PLD_Grouped as the binary dependent variable, and wealth quintile, urban/rural residence, etc., as categorical predictors. The proportion of variation explained (one of the pseudo-R2 measures) and odds ratios are good ways to describe inequality. You can find other graphical methods, even something as simple as bar graphs, to show the results.
 
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