Inequalities in the utilisation of maternal health Care in Rural India: Evidences from National Family Health Survey III & IV

Table 3 Estimates of Marginal effect and decomposition analysis for contribution of explanatory factors to the inequality in skilled attendants at birth among rural women in India, 2005–16

Explanatory variables	2005–06				2015–16
Explanatory variables	Marginal Effect	CI	Absolute Contribution to CI	Percentage Contribution to CI	Marginal Effect	CI	Absolute Contribution to CI	Percentage Contribution to CI
Age in years (25-34)	0.047	0.005	0.001	0.18	0.011	0.008	0.000	0.11
Age in years (35-49)	0.047	−0.187	−0.003	−1.14	− 0.023	−0.244	0.002	1.09
Birth order (2)	− 0.116	0.109	− 0.013	−4.58	− 0.051	0.074	− 0.005	−2.51
Birth order (3+)	− 0.237	− 0.151	0.066	23.50	− 0.123	− 0.220	0.035	19.17
Primary education	0.112	0.064	0.004	1.49	0.056	−0.103	− 0.004	−1.91
Secondary education	0.276	0.414	0.119	42.10	0.126	0.242	0.052	28.49
Higher education	0.479	0.783	0.032	11.18	0.157	0.624	0.025	13.45
Schedule tribe	−0.088	−0.356	0.015	5.36	−0.013	− 0.095	0.001	0.65
OBC	0.044	0.048	0.004	1.28	−0.080	− 0.299	0.013	6.86
Others	0.069	0.230	0.015	5.40	0.000	0.044	0.000	0.00
Hindu	−0.070	−0.005	0.001	0.39	0.000	−0.006	0.000	−0.22
Muslim	−0.150	−0.025	0.002	0.82	−0.075	−0.037	0.002	0.82
Media exposure	0.085	0.191	0.040	14.02	0.105	0.223	0.062	33.99
Explained CI			0.282	100			0.184	100
Total CI			0.280				0.086
Residual			−0.002				−0.097

ISSN: 1471-2458