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Table 1 Sample characteristics and associations with service utilization (N = 4912)

From: Differential effects of community health worker visits across social and economic groups in Uttar Pradesh, India: a link between social inequities and health disparities

 

Total Sample

(N = 4912)

Total Sample

(Wtd N = 5162)

Any ASHA visit during pregnancy

(Wtd % = 46.1; unwtd n = 2308)

Service Utilization

At least 4 ANC (Wtd % = 6.8; unwtd n = 387)

Facility Delivery (Wtd % = 62.9; unwtd n = 3215)

Use of any modern method of FP (Wtd % = 12.6; unwtd n = 600)

Unwtd % (n)

Wtd % (n)

Wtd % [95%CI]

Wtd % [95%CI]

Wtd % [95%CI]

Wtd % [95%CI]

Characteristic

 Caste

  SC/ST

29.2 (1433)

29.7

49.3 [44.3,54.4]

5.5*** [3.6,8.4]

60.3*** [53.4,66.8]

9.6*** [7.7,11.9]

  OBC

57.9 (2842)

57.4

44.5 [40.9,48.2]

5.8 [4.6,7.2]

61.8 [56.7,66.7]

12.2 [10.5,14.1]

  General

13.0 (637)

12.9

45.9 [40.0,52.0]

14.4 [11.3,18.3]

74.0 [67.2,79.9]

21.0 [16.1,27.0]

 Religion

  Non-Muslim

83.4 (4098)

82.0

46.3 [43.2,49.3]

7.0 [5.9,8.3]

63.1 [58.3,67.7]

12.8 [11.2,14.6]

  Muslim

16.6 (814)

18.0

45.5 [38.9,52.2]

5.8 [4.4,7.8]

62.2 [51.3,72.0]

11.7 [8.7,15.6]

 Wealth index

  Low

80.3 (3946)

82.3

45.8 [42.3,49.3]

5.3*** [4.3,6.5]

59.8*** [54.3,65.1]

10.7*** [9.3,12.1]

  High

19.7 (966)

17.7

47.8 [42.9,52.8]

14.0 [11.2,17.5]

77.5 [72.0,82.3]

21.5 [17.0,26.8]

 Literacy of woman

  Literate

40.2 (1973)

37.9

47.5 [43.9,51.2]

10.2*** [8.6,12.0]

72.9*** [68.9,76.5]

14.4 [11.8,17.4]

  Illiterate

59.8 (2939)

62.1

45.3 [40.7,49.9]

4.8 [3.7,6.1]

56.9 [50.3,63.2]

11.5 [9.7,13.6]

 Birth parity

  Primip

29.1 (1431)

28.1

45.4 [40.8,50.2]

9.3* [7.2,11.9]

75.2*** [69.3,80.2]

9.1* [7.3,11.3]

  Multip

70.9 (3481)

71.9

46.4 [43.3,49.7]

5.8 [4.7,7.2]

58.2 [52.8,63.4]

13.9 [12.1,16.0]

 Age

  Below 20 years

1.6 (76)

1.7

52.5 [39.3,65.4]

6.8 [2.7,16.0]

61.6*** [42.5,77.6]

18.3* [9.4,32.8]

  20–24 years

30.8 (1514)

29.1

47.2 [43.2,51.1]

8.1 [6.5,10.1]

69.5 [64.7,73.8]

9.8 [7.9,12.2]

  25–29 years

39.4 (1937)

39.9

46.3 [42.3,50.4]

6.6 [5.2,8.3]

63.9 [58.4,69.0]

12.1 [10.0,14.5]

  30–34 years

18.2 (895)

19.0

44.7 [37.7,51.9]

5.4 [3.8,7.6]

55.3 [46.7,63.6]

15.7 [12.6,19.4]

  35 years and above

10.0 (490)

10.2

44.0 [36.9,51.5]

6.7 [4.0,11.1]

55.2 [47.9,62.2]

15.5 [10.7,21.9]

 Any ASHA visits during pregnancy

  Yes

47.0 (2308)

46.1

 

8.3* [6.8,10.1]

70.7*** [66.4,74.8]

13.8 [11.5,16.4]

  No

53.0 (2604)

53.9

 

5.6 [4.7,6.7]

56.3 [50.2,62.2]

11.6 [10.0,13.3]

  1. Results presented are weighted to account for sampling design
  2. * Statistically significant at p < 0.05
  3. *** Statistically significant at p < 0.001