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Table 1 Summary statistics

From: Predictors of the utilisation of continuum of maternal health care services in India

Variables

2015–16 [N]

2015–16 [%]

Dependent Variable

Continuum of Care

  Complete Care

28,744

16.82

  Incomplete Care

124,072

72.58

  No Care

18,120

10.60

Individual-Level Characteristics

Age at Marriage

  Less than 18 years

63,656

37.24

  18–24

95,808

56.05

  25–49

11,472

6.71

Access to Media

  No Media

55,829

32.66

  At least 1 Media

115,107

67.34

Parity

  No children

1711

1

  1–2

119,839

70.11

  3–4

39,639

23.19

  5 or more

9745

5.70

Education

  Illiterate

47,793

27.96

  Primary

22,957

13.43

  Secondary

79,628

46.58

  Higher

20,557

12.03

Household-Level Characteristics

Household Size

6.4

 

Wealth Index

  Poorest

40,713

23.82

  Poor

36,361

21.27

  Middle

34,120

19.96

  Rich

32,194

18.83

  Richest

27,547

16.12

Caste

  Scheduled Caste

37,870

22.15

  Scheduled Tribe

18,308

10.71

  Other Backward Caste

78,672

46.02

  Others

36,086

21.11

Religion

  Hindu

138,346

80.93

  Muslim

23,822

13.94

  Christian

3534

2.07

  Other

5232

3.06

Proportion of Under 5 Children

  Less than 2 under five children

151,586

88.68

  More than 2 under five children

19,350

11.32

Financial Autonomy

  No

3270

11.03

  Some

8356

44.60

  High

7993

44.37

Community-Level Characteristics

Region

  Non-High Focussed States

73,535

43.02

  High North-East

5398

3.16

  High -Focussed States

92,002

53.82

Residence

  Rural

122,398

71.60

  Urban

48,538

28.40

Community Poverty

  Low

78,361

45.84

  High

92,575

54.16

Community Education

  Low

87,947

51.45

  High

82,989

48.55

Contacting Community Health Worker

  No

97,980

57.32

  Anganwadi and ASHA

70,797

41.42

  MPW

2160

1.26

Access-related barriers

  Acceptability

7122

5.87

  Affordability

4345

3.58)

  Availability

109,798

90.54

Total

1,70,937

 
  1. Source: Author’s Computation