Predictors of maternal health services utilization by poor, rural women: a comparative study in Indian States of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for women from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu

Independent variables	Gujart (n = 1584) weighted %	Tamil Nadu (n = 601) weighted %	p-Value
Financial assistance from JSY or CY	08.8 %	28.3 %	0.00**
Availability of PHC providing 24/7 services	58.3 %	73.5 %	0.00**
Access to a health facility by an all-weather road	80.0 %	96.8 %	0.00**
Woman’s education
Uneducated	71.3 %	31.8 %	0.00**
Less than 5 years	9.9 %	10.1 %
5-9 years	16.5 %	44.7 %
10 or more years	02.4 %	13.4 %
Husband’s education
Uneducated	40.1 %	28.0 %	0.00**
Less than 5 years	12.9 %	10.6 %
5-9 years	32.9 %	46.3 %
10 or more years	14.1 %	15.1 %
Woman’s age at first birth
Mean	19.5 yrs	21.0 yrs	0.00**
Minimum	10.0 yrs	14.0 yrs
Maximum	35.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Parity
Primipara	22.1 %	36.4 %	0.00**
Multipara	42.1 %	52.6 %
Grand multipara	35.8 %	11.0 %
Control variables
Religion
Hindu	95.8 %	96.4 %	0.51
Non-Hindu	04.2 %	03.6 %	0.51
Caste
Scheduled caste	53.8 %	95.4 %	0.00**
Non-scheduled caste	46.2 %	04.6 %	0.00**
Outcome variables
Receipt of adequate antenatal care^a	7.5 %	24.4 %	0.00**
Institutional delivery	30.9 %	85.3 %	0.00**
Percentage of private facility deliveries	52.0 %	19.0 %	0.00**
Percentage of public facility deliveries	48.0 %	81.0 %
Cesarean section delivery	03.6 %	14.8 %	0.00**

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