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Table 1 Background characteristics, median and inter-quartile range (IQR) of gross OOPE (in U.S. dollars) for women who delivered in a JSY facility or at home. Column percentages (%)

From: Out-of-pocket expenditures for childbirth in the context of the Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) cash transfer program to promote facility births: who pays and how much? Studies from Madhya Pradesh, India

 

All women

JSY beneficiary

Home delivery

Background characteristics

n (%)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

n (%)

Median (IQR)

Total

2381 (100)

8 (3–17)

1995 (84)

8 (3–18)

386 (16)

6 (2–13)

Age in years (median, IQR)

23 (21–25)

–

22 (20–25)

–

25 (22–27)

–

Districts

      

 District 1

1405 (59)

14 (7–23)*

1251 (63)

14 (7–23)*

154 (40)

12 (5–23)*

 District 2

976 (41)

3 (1–7)

744 (37)

3 (1–7)

232 (60)

3 (1–7)

Education in years (median, IQR)

5 (0–8)

–

5 (0–8)

–

4 (0–7)

–

Household wealth

      

 1st quintile (Poorest)

519 (22)

3 (1–7)**

361 (18)

3 (1–6)**

158 (40)

3 (0–7)**

 2nd quintile

505 (21)

7 (2–13)

414 (21)

6 (2–15)

91 (24)

7 (2–12)

 3rd quintile

499 (21)

11 (5–18)

434 (22)

11 (5–18)

65 (17)

10 (3–18)

 4th quintile

476 (20)

14 (7–23)

429 (21)

14 (7–23)

47 (12)

8 (3–19)

 5th quintile (Least Poor)

382 (16)

13 (7–25)

357 (18)

13 (7–24)

25 (7)

17 (8–29)

Caste

      

 Scheduled Caste (SC)

599 (25)

10 (4–19)**

502 (25)

11 (5–20)**

97 (25)

8 (2–17)**

 Other backward caste (OBC)

904 (38)

12 (5–22)

807 (40)

12 (5–22)

97 (25)

8 (4–17)

 Scheduled Tribe (ST)

598 (25)

3 (1–6)

430 (22)

3 (1–6)

168 (44)

3 (1–7)

 General

280 (12)

13 (4–21)

256 (13)

12 (4–22)

24 (6)

16 (5–20)

Birth Order

      

 1st child

932 (39)

8 (3–19)**

858 (43)

9 (3–20)**

74 (19)

7 (3–12)**

 2nd child

838 (35)

8 (3–17)

688 (34)

9 (3–17)

150 (39)

7 (2–15)

 3rd child

382 (16)

5 (2–14)

292 (15)

7 (2–15)

90 (23)

4 (1–12)

 4th or more child

229 (10)

7 (2–15)

157 (8)

8 (2–17)

72 (19)

4 (0–9)

Type of Delivery

      

 Vaginal Delivery

2303 (97)

8 (3–17)*

1917 (96)

8 (3–17)*

386 (100)

6 (2–13)

 Cesarean Section Delivery

78 (3)

50 (21–93)

78 (4)

50 (21–93)

0 (0)

-

Cost Categories

      

 Medicine, supplies and procedures

224 (10)

3 (1–8)

181 (10)

3 (1–7)

43 (11)

7 (3–8)

 Informal payments

1445 (65)

5 (2–8)

1187 (65)

5 (2–9)

258 (68)

5 (3–8)

 Food/baby items

1695 (77)

5 (3–8)

1489 (81)

5 (3–8)

206 (55)

3 (2–8)

 Transportation

328 (17)

3 (1–8)

328 (17)

3 (1–8)

–

–

  1. *Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test, p-value ≤0.05; **Kruskal Wallis test, p-value ≤0.05. Column comparisons made