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Table 3 Insufficient, sufficient, and extended LOS among women after vaginal births by type of facility according to their background characteristics, India, 2015–16

From: Length of stay after childbirth in India: a comparative study of public and private health institutions

Background characteristics

Public

Private

Insufficient

Sufficient

Extended

Insufficient

Sufficient

Extended

Age

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 15–24 Years

21.4

21.2

57.4

19.7

25.8

54.6

 25–29 Years

23.1

22.2

54.7

17.9

23.7

58.4

 30–39 Years

26.3

24.3

49.5

20.3

23.6

56.1

 > 40 Years

35.0

28.0

36.9

24.6

26.8

48.6

Education

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 Illiterate

32.1

25.4

42.6

32.7

31.5

35.8

 Primary

22.8

23.5

53.7

23.5

28.5

48.0

 Secondary

18.9

20.6

60.5

17.2

23.9

58.9

 Higher

20.4

20.1

59.6

13.4

19.3

67.4

Place of Residence

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 Urban

13.6

18.0

68.4

14.2

22.0

63.8

 Rural

26.4

23.7

49.9

23.1

26.2

50.7

Religion

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 Hindu

23.5

22.1

54.4

19.3

24.9

55.8

 Muslim

26.0

23.2

50.8

21.8

22.5

55.8

 Others

13.4

25.1

61.5

10.8

22.7

66.5

Caste

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 Schedule Castes

22.5

22.5

54.9

22.3

25.3

52.4

 Schedule Tribes

16.4

21.4

62.2

15.0

27.7

57.3

 Other backward class

28.0

21.9

50.1

21.3

24.3

54.4

 Others

18.9

23.8

57.3

15.3

23.6

61.1

Wealth quintile

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 Poorest

33.4

26.1

40.5

34.3

28.1

37.6

 Poorer

24.3

23.4

52.3

28.4

29.6

42.0

 Middle

19.6

20.5

60.0

21.0

25.1

53.9

 Richer

16.1

18.7

65.3

15.6

24.1

60.4

 Richest

15.6

20.7

63.8

13.9

21.4

64.7

Parity

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 1st Parity

19.0

20.4

60.6

15.9

22.8

61.3

 2nd Parity

20.7

21.8

57.5

17.3

24.3

58.5

 3rd Parity

26.5

23.9

49.6

24.8

26.4

48.9

 More Parity

35.3

26.1

38.7

31.8

28.2

40.0

Any complication during delivery

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 No

26.0

24.0

50.0

21.7

25.8

52.5

 Yes

21.3

21.1

57.6

17.0

23.2

59.8

Number of ANC

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 No visits

36.6

25.3

38.1

27.6

25.7

46.7

 1–3 visits

30.4

24.6

45.0

28.5

27.3

44.2

 4 & more visits

14.0

19.8

66.2

14.0

23.0

63.1

Received JSY Assistance

P < 0.000

P < 0.000

 No

18.1

20.7

61.3

19.3

24.5

56.2

 Yes

27.6

23.8

48.7

17.3

22.1

60.6

%

23.4

22.4

54.2

19.2

24.4

56.4

N

21,484

23,146

48,339

5588

6701

13,189

  1. Insufficient: < 24 h; Sufficient: 24-47 h; Extended: > 48 h; chi-square test (p < 0.000)