Horizontal inequity in the utilisation of Continuum of Maternal Health care Services (CMHS) in India: an investigation of ten years of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

Table 2 Contribution of individual covariates towards the Level of Inequity in CMHS

Individual Covariates	India		Non-High Focused Group states		High Focused Group states
Individual Covariates	05–06	15–16	05–06	15–16	05–06	15–16
Age	0.49	0.11	2.45	1.54	0.24	0.28
Birth Order	5.16	3.73	3.68	2.65	3.81	3.43
BMI Status	−0.02	0.11	0.08	−0.02	0.22	−0.01
*Legitimate Factors*	*5.63*	*3.95*	*6.21*	*4.18*	*4.27*	*3.70*
Religion	−0.07	1.06	−0.75	1.27	−0.61	− 0.61
Caste	1.68	0.78	2.61	5.20	6.19	2.85
Age at Marriage	7.85	5.05	9.13	7.18	7.73	6.54
Under-Five Children	0.04	0.85	0.04	0.44	−0.30	1.33
Residence	5.03	8.68	2.60	7.38	11.42	8.52
Access to Media	10.75	21.97	9.69	12.22	9.01	21.70
Mother’s Education	32.52	21.02	34.45	28.22	38.14	27.48
Household Size	−0.31	−0.36	−0.27	−0.45	0.13	−0.42
Access Related Barriers	2.87	0.67	1.74	1.34	2.48	0.63
Community Education	18.20	18.89	11.75	9.09	8.39	12.32
*Illegitimate Factors*	*78.57*	*78.62*	*70.97*	*71.89*	*82.57*	*80.34*
Residual	15.81	17.43	22.82	23.93	13.15	15.95
Total Inequity	100	100	100	100	100	100

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