Table 5.
Reasons for health system preference for general ailments and maternal health care among migrant women labourers working in select brick kilns in Faridabad, India (n = 518)
| Preference for general ailments (n = 509)a | Reason for preference | Number (Percent) | Preference for maternal care (n = 505)b | Reason for preference | Number (Percent) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government 204 (39.8) | Accessible | 23 (11.3) | Government 340 (67.4) | Accessible | 17 (5.0) |
| Free treatment | 139 (68.1) | Ambulance | 54 (15.9) | ||
| Quality care | 34 (16.7) | Free treatment | 159 (46.8) | ||
| Others | 8 (3.9) | Quality care | 45 (13.2) | ||
| – | JSY | 43 (12.6) | |||
| – | Others | 22 (6.5) | |||
| Sub-total | 204 (100) | 340 (100) | |||
| Private 305 (59.5) | Government not good | 41 (13.4) | Private 164 (32.6) | Accessible | 26 (15.9) |
| Accessible | 84 (27.5) | Doctor came home | 8 (4.9) | ||
| Doctor came home | 37(12.1) | Quality care | 57 (34.8) | ||
| Quality care | 126 (41.3) | Others | 73 (44.5) | ||
| Others | 17 (5.6) | – | |||
| Sub-total | 305 (100) | 164 (100) |
a 9 participants reported no preference
b 13 participants reported no preference