Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates: evidence on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in eastern India

Table 2 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the study population^a

	In category		Age distribution within categories (%)					Parity distribution within categories (%)		Education distribution within categories (%)				Wealth distribution within categories (%)
	n^b	%	<20 years (n = 2985)	20-24 years (n = 11655)	25-29 years (n = 7240)	30-34 years (n = 2150)	35+ years (n = 827)	Primi-parity (n = 7638)	Multi-parity (n = 17278)	Has not attended school (n = 7149)	Primary school (n = 7247)	Secon-dary school (n = 7368)	Higher secon-dary + (n = 3152)	Poorest (n = 5696)	Next poor (n = 5441)	Middle poor (n = 5487)	Less poor (n = 4954)	Least poor (n = 3406)
Total population	24984	100	12	47	29	9	3	31	69	29	29	30	13	23	22	22	20	14
Tribe/caste of the mother^c
ST	12104	48	12	43	30	11	4	31	69	33	34	26	8	33	26	21	13	6
PVTG	1026	4	11	37	34	12	6	25	75	58	33	8	1	68	20	7	3	1
Other ST	11078	44	12	44	30	11	4	32	68	31	34	27	8	30	26	22	14	7
SC	2996	12	12	50	29	7	3	29	71	40	23	26	11	25	25	22	16	12
OBC/none	9884	40	13	51	28	7	2	31	69	20	25	35	19	9	16	23	29	23
Maternal education
Has not attended school	7149	29	5	32	38	17	7	16	84					40	26	20	11	3
Primary school	7247	29	12	42	34	9	3	26	74					27	27	24	17	6
Secondary school	7368	30	20	58	19	3	1	42	58					11	19	25	27	18
Higher secondary & above	3152	13	11	66	19	2	0	49	51					3	8	16	29	45
Household wealth
Poorest	5696	23	10	36	34	14	6	22	78	50	34	14	1
Next-poor	5441	22	12	43	32	9	4	29	71	34	36	25	4
Middle poor	5487	22	12	49	28	8	3	32	68	26	31	34	9
Less poor	4954	20	14	53	25	7	2	35	65	16	24	41	19
Least poor	3406	14	13	58	24	4	1	39	61	6	13	40	41

^a This table gives the distribution of women who have given birth in the three control districts during the study period
^b n varies due to missing values
^c ST Scheduled Tribes, PVTG Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups, Other ST Other Scheduled Tribes, SC Scheduled Caste, OBC/none Other Backwards Class or none of the above

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