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Table 3 Pattern of formal and informal care usage by men and women

From: The gendered experience with respect to health-seeking behaviour in an urban slum of Kolkata, India

Therapies

Men N = 34 (%)

Women N = 32 (%)

Formal

12 (35)

0

Informal

7 (21)

15 (47)

Partial use of institutions (formal + informal)

0

10 (31)

Have not used

15 (44)

7 (22)

  1. Source: Author’s calculation based on data collected in the earlier phase of the field study