Table 2.

List of outcome variables indicating availability/accessibility of health services, maternal and child health status, and inequalities

Availability/accessibility of services	Maternal health	Child health	Maternal and child health inequalities
Average distance (km) to health facilities Average distance (km) at which doctor/specialist (pediatrician, obstetrician/gynecologist) is available Average distance (km) at which basic and essential diagnostics are available Average distance (km) at which facility for hospitalization for severe illnesses or complications is available Availability of infrastructure like health center building Availability of facilities within the health centers Availability of staff	Impact indicators Maternal mortality ratio Total Fertility Rate Marriage and fertility Percentage of girls marrying before the age of 18 Percentage of births of order 3 and above Sex ratio at birth Percentage of women aged 20–24 reporting birth of order 2 and above. Percentage of births to women aged 15–19, out of total births Marriage and fertility Mothers registered in the first trimester when they were pregnant with last live birth/still birth (%) Mothers who had at least 3 antenatal care visits during their last pregnancy (%) Mothers who got at least one TT injection when they were pregnant with their last live birth/still birth (%) # Institutional births (%) Delivery at home assisted by a doctor/nurse/LHV/ANM (%) Mothers who received postnatal care within 48 hours of delivery of their last child (%) Family planning, current use Any method (%) Any modern method (%) Female sterilization (%) Male sterilization (%) IUD (%) Pill (%) Condom (%) Unmet need for family planning: Total unmet need (%)	Impact indicators Under-5 mortality rate Infant mortality rate Neonatal mortality rate Immunization status: Children (aged 12–23 months) fully immunized (BCG, 3 doses each of DPT and polio, and one dose of measles vaccine) (%) Children (aged 12–23 months) who have received BCG (%) Children (aged 12–23 months) who have received 3 doses of polio vaccine (%) Children (aged 12–23 months) who have received 3 doses of DPT vaccine (%) Children (aged 12–23 months) who have received measles vaccine (%)	Geographical inequalities Urban–rural differences/ratios in maternal and child health Socioeconomic inequalities Socioeconomic differences/ratios in maternal and child health Sex inequalities Female and male child health differences/ratios