Table 2. Selected descriptive statistics.
| Variable | Full sample (99,735) | Neonatal death (2003) |
| Neonatal = 1 if child is born alive but died within a month of birth | 0.02 | 1 |
| Distance from Village to DH (kms) | 38.72 | 39.13 |
| Delivery room at DH – dummy variable = 1 if yes, 0 otherwise | 0.84 | 0.82 |
| Emergency obstetric care at DH = 1 if gynaecologist is available 24 hrs at DH | 0.83 | 0.80 |
| Average number of Paediatrician in a district | 1.98 | 2.01 |
| Distance from Village to CHC (km) | 18.27 | 17.94 |
| Average number of gynaecologist at CHCs in a Block | 0.26 | 0.28 |
| Average number of paediatrician at CHCs in a Block | 0.18 | 0.21 |
| Operation theatre at CHC – dummy variable = 1 if yes, | 0.57 | 0.63 |
| Operation theatre PHC – dummy variable = 1 if yes, | 0.45 | 0.46 |
| Num. of referrals as a share of delivery performed in last year | 0.27 | 0.23 |
| Distance from Village to PHC (kms) | 9.64 | 9.25 |
| Respondent's religion: Hindu- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.81 | 0.82 |
| Respondent's religion: Muslim- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Respondent's caste: Scheduled caste/tribe – dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.36 | 0.35 |
| Wealth quintile- poorest – reference group | 27 | 31 |
| Wealth quintile- poor – dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.26 | 0.29 |
| Wealth quintile- middle- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.22 | 0.21 |
| Wealth quintile- rich- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.17 | 0.14 |
| Wealth quintile- richest- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.08 | 0.05 |
| Father ever attended school- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.71 | 0.66 |
| Mother ever attended school | 0.45 | 0.39 |
| Mother's age at birth | 24.97 | 24.51 |
| Multiple birth – dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.009 | 0.05 |
| Male | 0.53 | 0.58 |
| Birth order second | 0.25 | 0.19 |
| Birth order third | 0.17 | 0.13 |
| Birth order fourth | 0.10 | 0.09 |
| Birth order fifth and above | 0.17 | 0.19 |
| Problems during birth: premature labour- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.31 | 0.34 |
| Problems during birth: excessive bleeding- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.08 | 0.11 |
| Problems during birth: prolonged labour- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.21 | 0.25 |
| Problems during birth: obstructed labour- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.45 | 0.48 |
| Problems during birth: breech presentation- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Problems during birth: convulsion/high b.p- dummy variable = 1 if yes | 0.04 | 0.05 |
Note: The table reports the mean proportion falling in each category for indicator variables and the mean for continuous variables.