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

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

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 (%)	6.7^b	2.0^c	4.2^c
Scheduled Tribes (%)	14.8^b	74.3^c	30.2^c
Households below the poverty line (%)	16.6^d	31.8^c	31.2^c
Urban population (%)	42.6^e	9.0^c	14.0^c

^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)

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