Table 1.
Background characteristics, median and inter-quartile range (IQR) of gross OOPE (in U.S. dollars) for women who delivered in a JSY facility or at home. Column percentages (%)
| All women | JSY beneficiary | Home delivery | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Background characteristics | n (%) | Median (IQR) | n (%) | Median (IQR) | n (%) | Median (IQR) |
| Total | 2381 (100) | 8 (3–17) | 1995 (84) | 8 (3–18) | 386 (16) | 6 (2–13) |
| Age in years (median, IQR) | 23 (21–25) | – | 22 (20–25) | – | 25 (22–27) | – |
| Districts | ||||||
| District 1 | 1405 (59) | 14 (7–23)* | 1251 (63) | 14 (7–23)* | 154 (40) | 12 (5–23)* |
| District 2 | 976 (41) | 3 (1–7) | 744 (37) | 3 (1–7) | 232 (60) | 3 (1–7) |
| Education in years (median, IQR) | 5 (0–8) | – | 5 (0–8) | – | 4 (0–7) | – |
| Household wealth | ||||||
| 1st quintile (Poorest) | 519 (22) | 3 (1–7)** | 361 (18) | 3 (1–6)** | 158 (40) | 3 (0–7)** |
| 2nd quintile | 505 (21) | 7 (2–13) | 414 (21) | 6 (2–15) | 91 (24) | 7 (2–12) |
| 3rd quintile | 499 (21) | 11 (5–18) | 434 (22) | 11 (5–18) | 65 (17) | 10 (3–18) |
| 4th quintile | 476 (20) | 14 (7–23) | 429 (21) | 14 (7–23) | 47 (12) | 8 (3–19) |
| 5th quintile (Least Poor) | 382 (16) | 13 (7–25) | 357 (18) | 13 (7–24) | 25 (7) | 17 (8–29) |
| Caste | ||||||
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 599 (25) | 10 (4–19)** | 502 (25) | 11 (5–20)** | 97 (25) | 8 (2–17)** |
| Other backward caste (OBC) | 904 (38) | 12 (5–22) | 807 (40) | 12 (5–22) | 97 (25) | 8 (4–17) |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 598 (25) | 3 (1–6) | 430 (22) | 3 (1–6) | 168 (44) | 3 (1–7) |
| General | 280 (12) | 13 (4–21) | 256 (13) | 12 (4–22) | 24 (6) | 16 (5–20) |
| Birth Order | ||||||
| 1st child | 932 (39) | 8 (3–19)** | 858 (43) | 9 (3–20)** | 74 (19) | 7 (3–12)** |
| 2nd child | 838 (35) | 8 (3–17) | 688 (34) | 9 (3–17) | 150 (39) | 7 (2–15) |
| 3rd child | 382 (16) | 5 (2–14) | 292 (15) | 7 (2–15) | 90 (23) | 4 (1–12) |
| 4th or more child | 229 (10) | 7 (2–15) | 157 (8) | 8 (2–17) | 72 (19) | 4 (0–9) |
| Type of Delivery | ||||||
| Vaginal Delivery | 2303 (97) | 8 (3–17)* | 1917 (96) | 8 (3–17)* | 386 (100) | 6 (2–13) |
| Cesarean Section Delivery | 78 (3) | 50 (21–93) | 78 (4) | 50 (21–93) | 0 (0) | - |
| Cost Categories | ||||||
| Medicine, supplies and procedures | 224 (10) | 3 (1–8) | 181 (10) | 3 (1–7) | 43 (11) | 7 (3–8) |
| Informal payments | 1445 (65) | 5 (2–8) | 1187 (65) | 5 (2–9) | 258 (68) | 5 (3–8) |
| Food/baby items | 1695 (77) | 5 (3–8) | 1489 (81) | 5 (3–8) | 206 (55) | 3 (2–8) |
| Transportation | 328 (17) | 3 (1–8) | 328 (17) | 3 (1–8) | – | – |
*Wilcoxon-Mann–Whitney test, p-value ≤0.05; **Kruskal Wallis test, p-value ≤0.05. Column comparisons made