Table 2 Descriptive statistics
From: Utilizing maternal healthcare services: are female-headed households faring poorly?
Variables | Observations | % | Mean | Std. Dev. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male-headed households (MHH) | 22737 | 84.39 | ||||
Female-headed households (FHH) | 4207 | 15.61 | ||||
Age | 26944 | 27.5 | 5.2 | |||
Educational attainment | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
No education | 4519 | 959 | 19.88 | 22.80 | ||
Primary | 2848 | 520 | 12.53 | 12.36 | ||
Secondary | 11947 | 2121 | 52.54 | 50.42 | ||
Higher | 3423 | 607 | 15.05 | 14.43 | ||
Parity | 26944 | 2.12 | 1.26 | |||
Working Status | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Working | 4492 | 874 | 19.76 | 20.77 | ||
Not working | 18245 | 3333 | 80.24 | 79.23 | ||
Health Insurance coverage | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Yes | 6252 | 1258 | 27.50 | 29.90 | ||
No | 16485 | 2949 | 72.50 | 70.10 | ||
Exposure to mass media | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Yes | 6914 | 1254 | 30.41 | 29.81 | ||
No | 15823 | 2953 | 69.59 | 70.19 | ||
Woman’s Participation Index | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Yes | 18137 | 3533 | 79.77 | 83.98 | ||
No | 4600 | 674 | 20.23 | 16.02 | ||
Possession of bank account | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Yes | 18061 | 3458 | 79.43 | 82.20 | ||
No | 4676 | 749 | 20.57 | 17.80 | ||
Sex of the last child born | ||||||
Male | 14,377 | 53.36 | ||||
Female | 12,527 | 46.64 | ||||
Partner’s educational attainment | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
No education | 3075 | 764 | 13.52 | 18.16 | ||
Primary | 2871 | 500 | 12.63 | 11.88 | ||
Secondary | 12789 | 2287 | 56.25 | 54.36 | ||
Higher | 3918 | 630 | 17.23 | 14.98 | ||
Partner’s age | 26944 | 31.88 | 6.38 | |||
Religion | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Hindu | 16710 | 2905 | 73.49 | 69.05 | ||
Muslim | 3319 | 601 | 14.60 | 14.29 | ||
Christian | 1669 | 503 | 7.34 | 11.96 | ||
Sikh | 446 | 76 | 1.96 | 1.81 | ||
Others | 593 | 122 | 2.61 | 2.90 | ||
Residence | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Rural | 17831 | 3323 | 78.42 | 78.99 | ||
Urban | 4906 | 884 | 21.58 | 21.01 | ||
Wealth quintile | MHH | FHH | MHH | FHH | ||
Poorest | 5603 | 1184 | 24.64 | 28.14 | ||
Poorer | 5199 | 969 | 22.87 | 23.03 | ||
Middle | 4464 | 851 | 19.63 | 20.23 | ||
Richer | 4107 | 643 | 18.06 | 15.28 | ||
Richest | 3364 | 560 | 14.80 | 13.31 | ||