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Table 2 Prenatal care site, by maternal characteristics, for 3819 deliveries in the two years preceding the census

From: Examining inequalities in uptake of maternal health care and choice of provider in underserved urban areas of Mumbai, India: a mixed methods study

    

Prenatal care in public sector

 

Total

<3 prenatal care visits

Prenatal care in private sector

Prenatal care at tertiary public hospital

Prenatal care at smaller public facility

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

All

3819 (100)

242 (6)

1160 (31)

1880 (49)

537 (14)

Maternal education

     

 None or informal

1158 (100)

137 (12)

300 (26)

562 (49)

159 (14)

 Primary

234 (100)

14 (6)

54 (23)

124 (53)

42 (18)

 Secondary

2130 (100)

89 (4)

672 (32)

1065 (50)

304 (14)

 Higher

297 (100)

2 (1)

134 (45)

129 (43)

32 (11)

Household asset quintile

    

 Quintile 1

765 (100)

114 (15)

152 (20)

377 (49)

122 (16)

 Quintile 2

764 (100)

60 (8)

199 (26)

407 (53)

98 (13)

 Quintile 3

772 (100)

37 (5)

225 (29)

395 (51)

115 (15)

 Quintile 4

755 (100)

19 (3)

234 (31)

393 (52)

109 (14)

 Quintile 5

763 (100)

12 (2)

350 (46)

308 (40)

93 (12)

Duration of residency in Mumbai

    

 Less than 1 year

258 (100)

61 (24)

63 (24)

115 (45)

19 (7)

 1–4 years

864 (100)

67 (8)

296 (34)

399 (46)

102 (12)

 5–9 years

557 (100)

35 (6)

173 (31)

262 (47)

87(16)

 10 years or more

2140 (100)

79 (4)

628 (29)

1104 (52)

329 (15)

Age

     

 Under 20

139 (100)

4 (3)

31 (22)

86 (62)

18 (13)

 20–29

2823 (100)

166 (6)

846 (30)

1427 (50)

384 (14)

 30–39

795 (100)

67 (8)

263 (33)

338 (43)

127 (16)

 40–49

62 (100)

5 (8)

20 (32)

29 (47)

8 (13)

Parity

     

 1

1163 (100)

51 (4)

373 (32)

597 (51)

142 (12)

 2

1007 (100)

49 (5)

297 (29)

518 (52)

143 (14)

 3

758 (100)

53 (7)

217 (29)

372 (49)

116 (15)

 4

405 (100)

26 (7)

123 (30)

195 (48)

61 (15)

 5 or more

486 (100)

63 (13)

150 (31)

198 (41)

75 (15)

Religion

     

 Muslim

3161 (100)

198 (6)

1041 (33)

1523 (48)

399 (13)

 Hindu

645 (100)

44 (7)

114 (18)

352 (54)

135 (21)

 Other

13 (100)

-

5 (38)

5 (38)

3 (23)

  1. Note: Information missing for 29 women