Table 1 The determinants of institutional delivery in rural India: adjusted odds ratios and predicted probabilities from random effects logistic regression model of NFHS 2 data.

Distance to hospital

Change in AIC due to removal of distance to hospital from model: +66.3

31 + km

3027

13.4

1

1

9.7

16-30 km

4544

18.5

1.98 (1.47-2.69)

1.40 (1.09-1.77)

13.0

6-15 km

8180

23.8

2.81 (2.13-3.72)

1.79 (1.43-2.24)

16.1

Up to5 km

6160

32.0

5.08 (3.81-6.78)

2.43 (1.93-3.06)

20.7

Economic Status

Wealth Quartiles

Change in AIC due to removal of wealth from model: +361.9

1 (poorest)

5490

9.5

1

1

9.2

2

5429

15.7

1.76 (1.56-1.99)

1.40 (1.24-1.59)

12.4

3

5152

24.9

3.19 (2.81-3.61)

1.95 (1.71-2.22)

16.4

4 (richest)

5840

44.0

8.44 (7.42-9.62)

3.76 (3.26-4.34)

27.6

Indicators of preference for place of delivery

Maternal Education

Change in AIC due to removal of maternal education from model: +376.1

None

13009

13.0

1

1

11.6

Primary

3540

26.8

2.32 (2.08-2.59)

1.60 (1.43-1.79)

17.3

Secondary

4435

44.2

5.60 (5.06-6.20)

2.60 (2.33-2.91)

25.4

Higher

927

67.4

14.21(11.76-17.17)

4.79 (3.90-5.87)

38.6

Region

Change in AIC due to removal of region from model: +685.5

North

12983

15.6

1

1

9.3

East

4633

22.2

2.99 (2.47-3.62)

2.80 (2.35-3.34)

22.3

West

1440

34.7

4.89 (3.95-6.04)

3.35 (2.76-4.06)

25.6

South

2855

58.7

14.51 (12.15-17.33)

8.77 (7.45-10.32)

47.3

Birth Order

Change in AIC due to removal of birth order from model: +475.8

1

5916

39.4

2.68 (2.46-2.93)

2.41 (2.20-2.64)

26.9

2-3

9267

23.0

1

1

13.2

4-6

5325

11.9

0.53 (0.47-0.59)

0.80 (0.71-0.90)

10.9

7 +

1403

9.3

0.54 (0.44-0.67)

1.00 (0.80-1.24)

13.2

rho (P-value)

0.27 (P < 0.001)