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. 2021 Oct 2;21:1785. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-11779-5

Table 3.

Decomposition analysis estimates for women delivering babies at home by their background characteristics in India, NFHS-III & NFHS-IV

Background characteristics 2005–06 2015–16
Coefficient Elasticity CI Absolute
contribution
%
contribution
Coefficient Elasticity CI Absolute
contribution
%
contribution
Age at first birth
 < 18 years
 18–24 years −0.220*** −0.02 0.07 0.00 1.1 −0.107*** −0.019 − 0.01 0.00 − 0.2
 25 or more years −0.728*** − 0.01 0.41 0.00 2.1 −0.336*** −0.005 0.24 0.00 1.8
Parity
 First parity
 Second parity 0.556*** 0.03 0.15 0.00 −2.9 0.506*** 0.019 0.11 0.00 −2.9
 Third parity 0.842*** 0.03 −0.02 0.00 0.3 0.764*** 0.018 − 0.11 0.00 2.9
 Four or more parity 0.859*** 0.04 −0.26 − 0.01 8.0 0.947*** 0.027 −0.35 − 0.01 13.4
Ante-natal care
 No
 Partial −0.934*** −0.07 0.03 0.00 1.6 −0.924*** −0.109 − 0.04 0.00 −6.4
 Full −1.817*** −0.02 0.48 −0.01 8.3 −1.67*** − 0.036 0.31 −0.01 15.9
Mass media exposure
 No exposure
 Exposure −0.217*** − 0.02 0.19 0.00 2.7 −0.265*** − 0.047 0.19 −0.01 12.9
Educational status
 No education
 Primary − 0.311*** −0.01 − 0.02 0.00 − 0.1 − 0.168*** − 0.007 − 0.17 0.00 − 1.6
 Secondary − 0.682*** − 0.04 0.37 − 0.02 12.0 − 0.524*** − 0.043 0.18 − 0.01 11.3
 Higher −1.78*** −0.01 0.80 −0.01 6.7 −1.034*** −0.010 0.64 −0.01 9.2
Caste
 Scheduled Caste 0.316*** 0.01 −0.15 0.00 1.1 0.067*** 0.001 −0.13 0.00 0.2
 Scheduled Tribe 0.723*** 0.01 −0.41 0.00 3.5 0.397*** 0.007 −0.36 0.00 3.4
 Other Backward Class 0.34*** 0.02 0.01 0.00 −0.1 −0.041** 0.000 0.03 0.00 0.0
 Others
Religion
 Hindu
 Muslim 0.154*** 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.0 0.473*** 0.013 0.03 0.00 −0.5
 Others −0.142*** 0.00 0.21 0.00 0.1 0.45*** 0.002 0.21 0.00 −0.7
Wealth index
 Poor
 Middle −0.502*** − 0.01 0.16 0.00 1.6 −0.364*** −0.011 0.14 0.00 2.3
 Rich −1.132*** −0.06 0.68 −0.04 30.4 −0.738*** − 0.023 0.67 − 0.02 21.6
Place of residence
 Urban
 Rural 0.725*** 0.10 −0.17 −0.02 11.8 0.197*** 0.008 −0.18 0.00 2.1
Region
 North
 Central 0.137*** 0.01 −0.14 0.00 1.4 0.281*** 0.015 −0.12 0.00 2.6
 East −0.364*** 0.00 −0.21 0.00 −0.4 0.244*** 0.016 −0.33 − 0.01 7.6
 Northeast −0.154*** 0.00 −0.07 0.00 0.1 0.547*** 0.003 −0.17 0.00 0.6
 West −1.122*** −0.02 0.28 −0.01 3.7 −0.332*** − 0.004 0.23 0.00 1.1
 South −1.839*** −0.04 0.22 −0.01 6.8 −1.034*** −0.008 0.31 0.00 3.4
Calculated CI −0.143 100.0 − 0.073 100.0
Actual CI −0.247 −0.391
Residual −0.104 −0.318

CI Concentration Index; ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.10