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Table 1 State versus district indicators on socio-demographic and maternal health status

From: How does social accountability contribute to better maternal health outcomes? A qualitative study on perceived changes with government and civil society actors in Gujarat, India

Socio-demographic and maternal health indicators

Gujarat

Dahod

Panchmahal

Mothers who had antenatal check-up in first trimester (%)a

73.9

49.2

60.0

Institutional birth (%)a

88.7

84.3

79.6

Mothers who received postnatal check-up within two days of delivery (%)a

63.4

57.9

54.0

Pregnant women (15–49 years) who are anemic (< 11.0 g/dl) (%)a

51.3

64.6

57.0

Female literacy rate (15–49 years) (%)a

72.9

52.2

64.7

Scheduled Castes (%)

6.7b

2.0c

4.2c

Scheduled Tribes (%)

14.8b

74.3c

30.2c

Households below the poverty line (%)

16.6d

31.8c

31.2c

Urban population (%)

42.6e

9.0c

14.0c

  1. a National Family Health Survey - 4; b calculated from data obtained from: http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/Gujarat.html; c District Census Handbook, 2011; d Planning Commission, 2014; e Census of India 2011 (Provisional population totals)