Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of study population in India, NFHS-III & NFHS-IV
Background characteristics | 2005–06 | 2015–16 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Percentage | Sample size (n) | Percentage | Sample size (n) | |
Women delivering babies at home | ||||
 No | 41.5 | 15,293 | 81.1 | 154,818 |
 Yes | 58.5 | 21,557 | 18.9 | 36,080 |
Age at first birth | ||||
  < 18 years | 30.5 | 9132 | 13.0 | 23,627 |
 18–24 years | 61.3 | 22,829 | 71.6 | 135,243 |
 25 or more years | 8.2 | 4889 | 15.4 | 32,028 |
Parity | ||||
 First parity | 26.4 | 10,394 | 33.6 | 61,807 |
 Second parity | 28.7 | 10,934 | 34.5 | 62,484 |
 Third parity | 17.2 | 6297 | 16.6 | 33,064 |
 Four or more parity | 27.8 | 9225 | 15.3 | 33,543 |
Ante-natal care | ||||
 No | 21.0 | 7191 | 9.6 | 21,879 |
 Partial | 67.8 | 24,632 | 70.9 | 136,617 |
 Full | 11.2 | 5027 | 19.5 | 32,402 |
Skilled birth attendant | ||||
 No | 50.2 | 16,182 | 16.6 | 37,685 |
 Yes | 49.8 | 20,668 | 83.4 | 153,112 |
Mass media exposure | ||||
 No exposure | 30.9 | 8486 | 24.6 | 49,374 |
 Exposure | 69.1 | 28,364 | 75.4 | 141,524 |
Educational status | ||||
 No education | 47.4 | 14,095 | 27.6 | 55,165 |
 Primary | 14.0 | 5251 | 13.5 | 26,712 |
 Secondary | 32.7 | 14,215 | 46.9 | 88,871 |
 Higher | 6.0 | 3289 | 12.0 | 20,150 |
Caste | ||||
 Scheduled Caste | 20.0 | 6331 | 21.2 | 35,170 |
 Scheduled Tribe | 9.4 | 5733 | 10.3 | 37,889 |
 Other Backward Class | 40.0 | 11,858 | 43.6 | 74,060 |
 Others | 30.5 | 12,928 | 25.0 | 43,779 |
Religion | ||||
 Hindu | 78.9 | 25,806 | 78.9 | 138,343 |
 Muslim | 16.4 | 5851 | 16.1 | 29,309 |
 Others | 4.8 | 5193 | 5.0 | 23,246 |
Wealth index | ||||
 Poor | 45.8 | 12,622 | 44.5 | 90,521 |
 Middle | 19.6 | 7418 | 19.9 | 38,393 |
 Rich | 34.6 | 16,810 | 35.6 | 61,984 |
Place of residence | ||||
 Urban | 26.8 | 14,527 | 29.7 | 47,833 |
 Rural | 73.2 | 22,323 | 70.3 | 143,065 |
Region | ||||
 North | 12.8 | 6557 | 13.2 | 36,079 |
 Central | 28.0 | 7875 | 25.7 | 52,952 |
 East | 25.3 | 5847 | 25.4 | 39,243 |
 Northeast | 4.1 | 6965 | 3.9 | 28,825 |
 West | 12.9 | 4178 | 13.1 | 13,892 |
 South | 16.9 | 5428 | 18.7 | 19,907 |
Total | 100.0 | 36,850 | 100.0 | 190,898 |