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. 2024 Sep 2;14:20340. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-71268-8

Table 1.

Characteristics of districts before and after the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM).

Before SBM (pre-2015) SBM (2015 onwards)
Mean/% [95% CI] Mean/% [95% CI]
Infant mortality rate (per 1000) 38.3 [37.1, 39.4] 32.1 [31.1, 33.2]
Under 5 mortality rate (per 1000) 41.1 [39.9, 42.4] 33.2 [32.1, 34.3]
Cumulative households covered under SBM, % 0.0 [0.0, 0.0] 23.0 [22.3, 23.8]
Mean child birth-order, # 2.2 [2.1, 2.2] 2.0 [2.0, 2.1]
Women who completed 10 or more years of schooling 32.7 [31.9, 33.4] 42.8 [42.1, 43.6]
Women who are Hindu 72.9 [71.8, 74.0] 73.1 [72.0, 74.1]
Women who are Muslim 14.4 [13.7, 15.2] 14.0 [13.3, 14.7]
Women who are Scheduled caste 19.3 [18.8, 19.8] 20.6 [20.1, 21.1]
Women who are Scheduled tribes 19.4 [18.3, 20.5] 19.5 [18.5, 20.5]
Women who are other disadvantaged groups 37.7 [36.8, 38.6] 37.2 [36.4, 38.0]
Women who received 4 or more antenatal care visits from a skilled provider 49.6 [48.6, 50.7] 56.0 [55.2, 56.8]
Women who delivered in a hospital 78.4 [77.7, 79.1] 88.3 [87.8, 88.8]
Children who received BCG vaccination 89.3 [88.9, 89.8] 90.9 [90.5, 91.3]
Urban households 25.7 [24.8, 26.5] 25.0 [24.2, 25.8]
Households with health insurance 24.9 [24.1, 25.8] 37.5 [36.6, 38.3]
Mean number of individuals residing in households 6.0 [6.0, 6.0] 5.9 [5.9, 5.9]
Mean household wealth score 2.6 [2.6, 2.6] 3.0 [3.0, 3.1]
Households with clean cooking fuel 34.5 [33.6, 35.4] 47.9 [47.0, 48.8]
Households with piped water 43.8 [42.6, 44.9] 45.7 [44.8, 46.7]
Observations (district-years) 2560 3247

Data are from the National Family Health Survey waves 4 and 5.