Table 4 Percentage of young married women who had skilled birth attendance by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, India, 1990–2016
Variables | Prevalence (%) of skilled birth attendance | Percentage change | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
NFHS-1 | NFHS-2 | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | Total a | NFHS-1 to NFHS-2 | NFHS-2 to NFHS-3 | NFHS-3 to NFHS-4 | NFHS-1 to NFHS-4 | |
Type of residence | |||||||||
Rural | 29.78 | 37.92 | 44.73 | 86.50 | 64.79 | 8.14 | 6.81 | 41.77 | 56.72 |
Urban | 68.39 | 73.72 | 74.10 | 93.50 | 85.03 | 5.33 | 0.38 | 19.4 | 25.11 |
State-wise residence | |||||||||
EAG states | 23.48 | 29.17 | 36.76 | 83.45 | 60.50 | 5.69 | 7.59 | 46.69 | 59.97 |
Other states | 49.65 | 59.28 | 66.50 | 92.58 | 77.69 | 9.63 | 7.22 | 26.08 | 42.93 |
Religion | |||||||||
Hindu | 37.01 | 44.88 | 52.57 | 89.66 | 70.16 | 7.87 | 7.69 | 37.09 | 52.65 |
Muslim | 37.02 | 42.44 | 44.02 | 80.99 | 64.58 | 5.42 | 1.58 | 36.97 | 43.97 |
Others | 53.33 | 61.80 | 63.77 | 88.61 | 75.90 | 8.47 | 1.97 | 24.84 | 35.28 |
Social group | |||||||||
Scheduled caste | 30.45 | 40.71 | 49.16 | 88.14 | 69.94 | 10.26 | 8.45 | 38.98 | 57.69 |
Scheduled tribe | 18.08 | 26.28 | 32.93 | 80.98 | 59.12 | 8.2 | 6.65 | 48.05 | 62.9 |
Others | 41.56 | 49.16 | 55.57 | 89.49 | 71.01 | 7.6 | 6.41 | 33.92 | 47.93 |
Educational level | |||||||||
No Education | 23.14 | 26.65 | 32.00 | 75.70 | 42.86 | 3.51 | 5.35 | 43.7 | 52.56 |
Primary | 48.68 | 48.52 | 49.42 | 82.56 | 66.92 | −0.16 | 0.9 | 33.14 | 33.88 |
Secondary | 69.64 | 68.51 | 70.97 | 92.58 | 86.50 | −1.13 | 2.46 | 21.61 | 22.94 |
Higher | 92.08 | 88.58 | 93.39 | 97.01 | 95.50 | −3.5 | 4.81 | 3.62 | 4.93 |
Wealth quintile | |||||||||
Poorest | 15.54 | 21.70 | 25.80 | 74.84 | 51.92 | 6.16 | 4.1 | 49.04 | 59.3 |
Poorer | 22.73 | 30.30 | 39.93 | 86.20 | 63.14 | 7.57 | 9.63 | 46.27 | 63.47 |
Middle | 34.23 | 45.24 | 54.61 | 92.54 | 72.22 | 11.01 | 9.37 | 37.93 | 58.31 |
Richer | 53.27 | 63.07 | 69.68 | 95.48 | 80.72 | 9.8 | 6.61 | 25.8 | 42.21 |
Richest | 79.12 | 82.73 | 87.78 | 97.17 | 90.57 | 3.61 | 5.05 | 9.39 | 18.05 |
Maternal age | |||||||||
≤ 19 | 35.35 | 42.26 | 50.29 | 88.31 | 65.04 | 6.91 | 8.03 | 38.02 | 52.96 |
20–24 | 39.66 | 47.44 | 52.68 | 88.21 | 72.16 | 7.78 | 5.24 | 35.53 | 48.55 |
Birth order | |||||||||
1 | 45.42 | 57.40 | 63.23 | 91.92 | 78.23 | 11.98 | 5.83 | 28.69 | 46.5 |
2 | 33.94 | 40.65 | 47.11 | 85.20 | 66.00 | 6.71 | 6.46 | 38.09 | 51.26 |
3+ | 28.01 | 27.54 | 30.62 | 75.79 | 45.62 | −0.47 | 3.08 | 45.17 | 47.78 |
Mass media exposure | |||||||||
No exposure | 22.57 | 26.49 | 31.97 | 75.28 | 46.32 | 3.92 | 5.48 | 43.31 | 52.71 |
Any exposure | 22.57 | 59.92 | 59.34 | 91.88 | 79.63 | 37.35 | −0.58 | 32.54 | 69.31 |
Total | 37.75 | 45.20 | 51.67 | 88.24 | 69.54 | 7.45 | 6.47 | 36.57 | 50.49 |