Table 1 percentage distribution of the utilisation of full antenatal care, skilled attendants at birth and post-natal care by selected socio-economic characteristics among rural women in India, 2005–16
Background Variables | NFHS-3 | NFHS-4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full ANC | SBA | PNC | Full ANC | SBA | PNC | |
Age | ||||||
 15–24 | 8.1 | 42.7 | 28.2 | 17.0 | 82.8 | 61.3 |
 25–34 | 9.1 | 35.4 | 25.5 | 16.2 | 77.2 | 57.9 |
 35–49 | 3.8 | 23.1 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 63.4 | 46.0 |
Birth Order | ||||||
 1 | 13.6 | 56.3 | 56.3 | 21.3 | 87.0 | 67.0 |
 2 | 10.7 | 43.1 | 43.1 | 18.9 | 80.3 | 62.1 |
 3+ | 4.1 | 22.9 | 22.9 | 8.5 | 65.8 | 46.3 |
Mother’s Educational Status | ||||||
 No education | 2.6 | 23.1 | 13.3 | 6.8 | 64.8 | 43.7 |
 Primary education | 7.9 | 40.5 | 26.9 | 12.8 | 75.4 | 54.6 |
 Secondary education | 16.6 | 63.3 | 45.5 | 21.2 | 87.6 | 66.9 |
 Higher education | 39.4 | 90.4 | 73.4 | 32.3 | 94.3 | 76.4 |
Media Exposure | ||||||
 No | 2.7 | 22.5 | 12.6 | 5.6 | 64.6 | 41.9 |
 Yes | 11.4 | 47.1 | 33.5 | 20.7 | 84.9 | 65.5 |
Caste | ||||||
 Schedule caste | 5.5 | 33.6 | 22.9 | 15.4 | 78.4 | 58.2 |
 Schedule tribe | 4.7 | 22.0 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 69.5 | 51.9 |
 OBC | 8.3 | 38.8 | 25.6 | 15.3 | 79.2 | 58.3 |
 Others | 11.7 | 47.3 | 33.9 | 19.3 | 81.6 | 62.8 |
Religion | ||||||
 Hindu | 8.2 | 38.8 | 26.4 | 16.2 | 79.9 | 79.9 |
 Muslim | 6.9 | 27.1 | 18.5 | 11.4 | 66.6 | 66.6 |
 Others | 9.8 | 49.2 | 36.8 | 24.1 | 79.4 | 79.4 |
Wealth Index | ||||||
 poorest | 2.3 | 18.8 | 10.6 | 6.2 | 64.1 | 42.2 |
 poorer | 4.4 | 30.8 | 18.6 | 13.3 | 78.2 | 56.0 |
 middle | 9.0 | 46.6 | 30.9 | 21.1 | 87.4 | 66.9 |
 richer | 16.6 | 62.1 | 45.1 | 27.4 | 91.4 | 73.8 |
 richest | 31.8 | 83.8 | 68.5 | 32.3 | 94.6 | 79.8 |