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Correction: The rural-urban divide in Tanzania: Residential context and socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization

  • Neema Langa,
  • Tirth Bhatta

There are errors in Tables 17. In Table 1, an increase in the sample size has been documented. The overall sample increased from 3,595 to 7,050. The rural women sample increased from 1,082 to 1,837. The urban sample increased from 2,513 to 5,213. All the other substantive interpretations remained the same despite some increase in means or percentages. In Tables 2 and 3, despite the changes in the percentages, rate ratios, and concentration indexes of antenatal, skilled delivery, before (discharging) postnatal care, and after (discharging) postnatal care, the substantial interpretation of the concentration index, rate ratios, and absolute differences, remain the same. In Table 4, despite some minor deviation in the odds ratios, they are still statistically not significant. The odds ratios of rural women with no education likelihood of utilizing antenatal care changed from (or = 0.88 [CI = 0.43,1.83] p>.05) to (or = 1.22 [CI = 0.71,2.10] p>.05). The odds of the rural women with primary school education changed from (or = 0.98 [CI = 0.60,1.59] p>.05) to (or = 1.08 [CI = 0.76,1.52] p>.05). In Table 5, while the odds ratios remained statistically not significant, some minor deviation in odds ratios were observed. The odds changed from (or = 1.01 [CI = 0.49,2.10] p>.05) to (or = 0.81 [CI = 0.48,1.38] p>.05). In Table 6, the odds of utilizing the before (discharging) postnatal care among rural women with primary education are still low, but the level of significance changed from being weakly significant (or = 0.06[CI = 0.38,0.95]p = 0.030) to being not statistically significant (or = 0.82[CI = 0.59,1.12]p>.05). The odds ratios of utilizing the before (discharging) postnatal care among rural poor women changed from (or = 0.81 [CI = 0.51,1.2] p>.05) to (or = 1.06 [CI = 0.73,1.53] p>.05), however the results in both cases are not statistically significant. In Table 7, there were no substantial changes in the table, despite some minor deviation in the odds ratios. Please see the correct Tables 17 here.

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Table 1. Relationship Between Study Variables and Residence.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t001

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Table 2. ANC AND SDA utilization disparities by respondents’ SES, Tanzania DHS (2015–2016).

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t002

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Table 3. PNC utilization disparities by respondents’ SES, Tanzania DHS (2015–2016).

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t003

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Table 4. Logistic Regression Estimates Representing the Influence of SES on Antenatal Care.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t004

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Table 5. Logistic Regression Estimates Representing the Influence of SES on Skilled Delivery Assistance.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t005

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Table 6. Logistic Regression Estimates Representing the Influence of SES on the Before Discharging Postnatal Care.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t006

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Table 7. Logistic Regression Estimates Representing the Influence of SES on the After Discharging Postnatal Care.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288419.t007

Reference

  1. 1. Langa N, Bhatta T (2020) The rural-urban divide in Tanzania: Residential context and socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization. PLoS ONE 15(11): e0241746. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241746 pmid:33166310