Table 4 Percentage of women having complete utilization of maternal healthcare services by the categories of independent variables
From: Utilizing maternal healthcare services: are female-headed households faring poorly?
complete maternal healthcare utilization (in %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Independent variables | male-headed households | female-headed households | |
Educational attainment | |||
No education | 14.34 | 11.68 | |
Primary | 17.84 | 14.04 | |
Secondary | 26.12 | 24.85 | |
Higher | 36.11 | 37.89 | |
Working Status | |||
Working | 24.58 | 23.91 | |
Not working | 24.17 | 21.99 | |
Health Insurance coverage | |||
Yes | 27.4 | 26.07 | |
No | 23.05 | 20.82 | |
Exposure to mass media | |||
Yes | 31.82 | 30.7 | |
No | 20.94 | 18.86 | |
Woman’s Participation Index | |||
Yes | 25.26 | 22.79 | |
No | 20.26 | 20.33 | |
Possession of bank account | |||
Yes | 25.66 | 23.71 | |
No | 18.8 | 16.29 | |
Partner’s educational attainment | |||
No education | 14.15 | 11.39 | |
Primary | 19.05 | 16 | |
Secondary | 25.19 | 25.19 | |
Higher | 33.03 | 30.63 | |
Religion | |||
Hindu | 25.08 | 23.72 | |
Muslim | 23.17 | 20.13 | |
Christian | 18.93 | 17.1 | |
Sikh | 30.94 | 36.84 | |
Others | 32.12 | 29.88 | |
Residence | |||
Rural | 22.06 | 18.9 | |
Urban | 32.19 | 35.52 | |
Wealth quintile | |||
Poorest | 14.26 | 9.97 | |
Poorer | 19.22 | 17.23 | |
Middle | 25.54 | 25.97 | |
Richer | 32.55 | 32.04 | |
Richest | 36.8 | 41.07 | |