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

Table 4 Estimates of Marginal effect and decomposition analysis for contribution of selected socio-demographic factors to the inequality postnatal care among rural women in India, 2005–16

	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)	0.066	0.005	0.001	0.31	0.035	0.008	0.001	0.30
Age in years (35-49)	0.062	−0.187	−0.004	−1.84	0.022	−0.244	− 0.002	−0.90
Birth order (2)	−0.059	0.109	−0.007	−2.89	− 0.044	0.074	− 0.004	− 1.99
Birth order (3+)	− 0.186	− 0.151	0.052	22.80	− 0.128	−0.220	0.037	18.25
Primary education	0.094	0.064	0.004	1.53	0.053	−0.103	−0.003	−1.64
Secondary education	0.225	0.414	0.097	42.45	0.121	0.242	0.050	25.06
Higher education	0.446	0.783	0.029	12.82	0.170	0.624	0.027	13.28
Schedule tribe	−0.056	−0.356	0.010	4.20	−0.015	− 0.095	0.001	0.65
OBC	0.015	0.048	0.001	0.53	−0.056	−0.299	0.009	4.48
Others	0.034	0.230	0.007	3.24	−0.011	0.044	−0.001	− 0.45
Hindu	−0.056	− 0.005	0.001	0.39	−0.034	− 0.006	0.001	0.35
Muslim	−0.088	−0.025	0.001	0.61	−0.111	−0.037	0.002	1.14
Media exposure	0.078	0.191	0.036	15.84	0.141	0.223	0.083	41.47
Explained CI			0.229	100			0.201	100
Total CI			0.343				0.132
Residual			0.114				−0.069

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