How equitable is the uptake of conditional cash transfers for maternity care in India? Evidence from the Janani Suraksha Yojana scheme in Odisha and Jharkhand

Table 5 Decomposition of socioeconomic inequality in JSY uptake in Odisha and Jharkhand

	Odisha (%)			Jharkhand (%)
	[2]	[3]	[4]	[2]	[3]	[4]
Household wealth	42.78	15.05	−55.01	14.68	2.14	−19.10
Region	−0.30	−0.84	−11.50	63.17	46.92	59.83
Age	−5.59	−2.96	−5.79	2.39	0.37	0.63
Previous pregnancy	34.34	10.31	2.91	−1.28	−1.47	−3.10
ST/SC	2.01	−1.86	5.36	−0.86	−2.41	2.51
Illiterate	8.47	10.64	10.95	11.89	7.56	8.23
Public-insitutional delivery	0.00	50.27	0.00	0.00	34.95	0.00
Error	−6.51	−8.07	−8.48	5.72	4.18	6.60

In Jharkhand, women received JSY payments in installments. However, women received 500 Rs. for home delivery event. This was continued during the data collection period. Number of home delivery might have some influence in reducing the average

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