Sterilization incentives and associated regret among ever married women in India, NFHS, 2015–16

Table 1 Trends of sterilization regret among ever-married women in India by type of facility, compensation received, quality of care during and post sterilization, information given on sterilization, and socio-economic and demographic characteristics, 2015–16

Variables	NFHS-4 (2015–16)
Age at sterilization
< 25	7.01
25–29	6.54
> = 30	6.51
Year since sterilization
< 2	6.48
2–5	6.97
6–9	7.20
More than 10 years	6.83
Parity at sterilization
1	10.74
2–3	6.86
> 3	5.79
Told sterilization would mean no more children
No	5.55
Yes	6.99
Compensation received
No	7.50
Yes	6.32
Out of Pocket Expenditure Incurred
No OOP	6.75
Less than 3000	7.26
More than equal to 3000	7.67
Quality of care
Very good	7.61
All right	5.27
Not so good	10.40
Bad	18.25
Type of health facility
Public	6.69
Private	6.77
Others	2.07
Sex Composition
Only Son	7.59
Only Daughter	10.51
Both	5.91
Child loss
No loss	6.81
Before Sterilization	7.36
After Sterilization	14.61
Child loss overall
No loss	6.66
1 child loss	7.32
2 child loss	5.32
More than 2 loss	5.91
Currently married
Yes	6.72
No	6.70
Age of women
15–19	8.70
20–24	7.24
25–29	6.49
30–34	6.76
35–39	6.52
40–44	6.58
45–49	6.19
Educational Status
No education	6.34
Primary	6.01
Secondary	7.14
Higher	6.93
Caste
SC	6.61
ST	6.67
OBC	7.04
Others	6.06
Religion
Hindu	6.55
Muslim	8.76
Christin	7.61
Others	3.98
Wealth Quintile
Poorest	6.06
Poorer	6.61
Middle	6.69
Richer	7.25
Richest	7.04
Region
North	5.29
Central	6.36
East	6.76
North East	5.47
West	5.44
South	8.15
Place of residence
Urban	6.92
Rural	6.61
Total	6.90

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