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Table 3 Distress Financing by Selected Socio-demographic Characteristics in India, Bihar and Telangana, 2015–16

From: Out-of-pocket expenditure and distress financing on institutional delivery in India

 

India

Bihar

Telangana

Variables

Distress Financing

(%)

Did not pay

(%)

Distress Financing

(%)

Did not pay

(%)

Distress Financing

(%)

Did not pay

(%)

Place of Residence

 Urban

20.8

12.3

22.1

3.1

27.6

12.6

 Rural

27.0

13.6

35.9

4.0

42.5

10.7

Age

 15–24

26.0

13.6

33.3

4.0

36.7

11.1

 25–35

24.2

12.9

34.4

3.7

34.3

11.8

 35+

28.8

12.9

42.4

5.7

16.4

30.5

Education Level

 Illiterate

31.8

14.1

39.8

4.0

44.8

10.0

 Primary

29.0

13.8

35.6

3.6

46.7

11.4

 Secondary

25.0

13.4

30.8

3.1

35.9

12.1

 Higher

17.3

11.7

19.9

4.8

26.5

12.0

Religion

 Hindu

24.9

13.3

33.5

3.9

36.3

11.3

 Muslim

26.5

11.8

38.3

3.7

25.4

14.1

 Other

21.1

14.4

65.9

0.0

37.2

11.3

Social Group

 Schedule caste

27.9

13.1

34.3

4.9

34.4

13.9

 Schedule tribe

24.5

20.0

42.1

4.7

49.0

6.7

 OBC

25.9

12.7

34.9

3.3

36.5

10.8

 General

21.1

11.6

29.8

4.5

24.8

14.3

Birth Order

 1

23.9

12.9

33.6

4.1

33.3

14.6

 2

24.2

13.1

32.0

3.5

35.4

9.7

 3

26.0

13.9

35.6

3.5

40.4

11.1

 4+

29.0

13.1

36.1

4.3

29.8

12.5

Wealth Quintile

 Poorest

35.1

12.7

41.8

4.0

47.3

9.2

 Poorer

29.6

13.3

32.2

3.6

40.3

10.8

 Middle

26.2

13.7

25.2

4.3

43.2

10.1

 Richer

21.8

13.1

20.2

3.0

34.3

12.0

 Richest

13.1

12.8

10.7

3.3

21.4

13.9

Source of Delivery

 Public health facility

23.4

16.5

34.3

3.6

27.2

13.9

 Private health facility

27.8

7.0

33.8

4.5

39.0

10.5

Type of Delivery

 Normal delivery

23.1

14.5

33.8

3.9

26.7

12.1

 Caesarean delivery

30.9

8.8

37.5

3.4

39.8

11.4

JSY Beneficiary

 No

25.5

11.2

35.9

3.5

36.9

10.4

 Yes

24.2

15.6

33.0

3.3

23.6

16.6

Mean OOPE

 Less than 1000

12.5

na

25.7

na

11.5

na

 1000–5000

28.4

na

36.4

na

26.5

na

 5000–10,000

30.6

na

37.3

na

39.8

na

 10,000–15,000

31.5

na

43.9

na

47.8

na

 15,000–20,000

32.6

na

42.2

na

52.9

na

 More than 20,000

34.9

na

44.7

na

46.7

na