Disparities in child mortality trends in two new states of India

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Table 1 Overview of available datasets obtained from surveys in India for Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, 1990-2008

Data source	Year	Data type		Sample Size			Used for equity marker					Comment
Data source			CH Women	CH CEB	JH Women	JH CEB	ST	U/R	E	W	D
DLHS-I	1998-1999	SBH	6,456	19,939	14,319	47,672	x	x	x			Converted U5MR to NMR
DLHS-II	2002-2004	CBH	11,163	34388	13,470	45,559	x	x	x	x
DLHS-III	2007-2008	SBH	18,128	52,710	26,829	78,681	x	x	x		x	Converted U5MR to NMR
DHS-I	1992-1993	CBH										Not used*
DHS-II	1998-1999	CBH										Not used*
DHS-III	2005-2006	CBH	2,638	8,798	2,134	7,280	x	x	x	x		Representative at state level
SRS	1971-2008	Crude death rates					x	x				Data available: CH 2004–2008; JH 2004-2008
Estimation method							S	S	S	D	I

Notes: DLHS District level health survey, DHS Demographic health survey, SRS Sample registration system, WHS World Health Survey, NFHS National Family Health Survey, ST State, U/R Urban/rural, E Ethnicity, W Wealth, D District, S Summary estimation, D Direct estimation, I Indirect estimation, CEB Children ever born, U5MR Under-five mortality rates, NMR Neonatal mortality rates, CH Chhattisgarh, JH Jharkhand.
* Data is only representative at pre-Chhattisgarh and pre-Jharkhand state formations.

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