Table 1.

Characteristics of the sample

	Mean/Percent	Min	Max	Obs
Panel A. Electricity Distribution Data (Monthly)
					Frequency Index (Mean±SD)	8.52±5.65	1.13	20.33	58
Duration Index (Mean±SD)	91.66±26.83	41.98	156.94	58
Extreme Frequency (Mean±SD)	0.46±0.50	0	1	58
Extreme Duration (Mean±SD)	0.47±0.50	0	1	58
Panel B. Demographic Health Survey, India, 2015–16 (Individual level)
					Delivery Location (%)
Public	51.0%	0.0%	100.0%	4615
Private	38.0%	0.0%	100.0%	3518
Home	11.0%	0.0%	100.0%	992
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)
Yes	90.0%	0.0%	100.0%	8213
No	10.0%	0.0%	100.0%	912
Caesarean Section (%)
Yes	18.0%	0.0%	100.0%	1643
No	82.0%	0.0%	100.0%	7482
Antenatal Visits (%)
4+Visits	73.0%	0.0%	100.0%	5059
<4 Visits	27.0%	0.0%	100.0%	1871
Household Electricity (%)
Yes	93.0%	0.0%	100.0%	7879
No	7.0%	0.0%	100.0%	593
Urbanicity (%)
Urban	33.3%	0.0%	100.0%	3042
Rural	66.7%	0.0%	100.0%	6083
Mother’s Age (Mean±SD)	25.95±4.46	15	47	9125
Parity (Mean±SD)	1.90±1.04	1	11	9125
Mother’s Education (%)
Uneducated	11.0%	0.0%	100.0%	971
Primary	11.0%	0.0%	100.0%	1053
Secondary	67.0%	0.0%	100.0%	6096
Tertiary	11.0%	0.0%	100.0%	1005
Religion (%)
Hindu	75.0%	0.0%	100.0%	6823
Muslim	15.0%	0.0%	100.0%	1409
Other Religions	10.0%	0.0%	100.0%	893
Distance to Health Facility (%)
No problem	37.0%	0.0%	100.0%	3336
Not a big problem	40.0%	0.0%	100.0%	3679
Big problem	23.0%	0.0%	100.0%	2110

Frequency index: average number of sustained electricity interruptions per consumer per month.

Duration index: average duration in minutes of sustained electricity interruptions per consumer per month.

Extreme frequency: proportion of consumers experiencing higher than the average number of sustained electricity interruptions per month.

Extreme duration: proportion of consumers experiencing longer than the average duration of sustained electricity interruptions per month.