Table 2.
Characteristics of respondents, for home and institutional births in 48 Mumbai slums
| Home delivery | Institutional delivery | All | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | |
| Woman's age | ||||||
| Under 20 | 153 | (9) | 882 | (10) | 1035 | (10) |
| 20-29 | 1264 | (74) | 7035 | (78) | 8299 | (77) |
| 30 or more | 282 | (17) | 1129 | (12) | 1411 | (13) |
| Unknown | 9 | (<1) | 0 | (0) | ||
| Woman's age at marriage | ||||||
| Under 20 | 1419 | (83) | 5988 | (66) | 7407 | (69) |
| 20-29 | 278 | (16) | 2990 | (33) | 3268 | (30) |
| 30 or more | 3 | (<1) | 68 | (1) | 71 | (1) |
| Unknown | 8 | (<1) | 0 | (0) | 8 | (<1) |
| Woman's age at first pregnancy | ||||||
| Under 20 | 1064 | (62) | 4266 | (47) | 5330 | (50) |
| 20-29 | 632 | (37) | 4670 | (52) | 5302 | (49) |
| 30 or more | 6 | (<1) | 110 | (1) | 116 | (1) |
| Unknown | 6 | (<1) | 0 | (0) | 6 | (<1) |
| Parity | ||||||
| First baby | 306 | (18) | 3180 | (35) | 3486 | (32) |
| Second or third baby | 826 | (48) | 4195 | (46) | 5021 | (47) |
| Fourth, fifth or sixth baby | 471 | (28) | 1490 | (17) | 1961 | (18) |
| Seventh or more | 105 | (6) | 181 | (2) | 286 | (3) |
| Woman's education | ||||||
| No schooling | 912 | (53) | 2105 | (23) | 3017 | (28) |
| Primary, class 1-4 | 133 | (8) | 533 | (6) | 666 | (6) |
| Secondary, class 5-7 | 332 | (19) | 2317 | (26) | 2649 | (25) |
| Secondary, class 8-10 | 290 | (17) | 3230 | (36) | 3520 | (33) |
| Higher secondary, class 11-12 | 4 | (<1) | 34 | (<1) | 38 | (<1) |
| College or other higher education | 37 | (2) | 827 | (9) | 864 | (8) |
| Religion | ||||||
| Muslim | 997 | (58) | 3949 | (44) | 4946 | (46) |
| Hindu | 663 | (39) | 4407 | (49) | 5070 | (47) |
| Other | 48 | (3) | 690 | (7) | 738 | (7) |
| Asset score quintile | ||||||
| 1 Lowest | 616 | (36) | 1505 | (17) | 2121 | (20) |
| 2 | 471 | (28) | 1711 | (19) | 2182 | (20) |
| 3 | 310 | (18) | 1835 | (20) | 2145 | (20) |
| 4 | 199 | (12) | 1960 | (22) | 2159 | (20) |
| 5 Highest | 112 | (6) | 2035 | (22) | 2147 | (20) |
| Total | 1708 | (100) | 9046 | (100) | 10754 | (100) |
Data presented for 10 754 deliveries for the period 2005-2007