Table 1.
Summary statistics
| Variables | 2015–16 [N] | 2015–16 [%] |
|---|---|---|
| Dependent Variable | ||
| Continuum of Care | ||
| Complete Care | 28,744 | 16.82 |
| Incomplete Care | 124,072 | 72.58 |
| No Care | 18,120 | 10.60 |
| Individual-Level Characteristics | ||
| Age at Marriage | ||
| Less than 18 years | 63,656 | 37.24 |
| 18–24 | 95,808 | 56.05 |
| 25–49 | 11,472 | 6.71 |
| Access to Media | ||
| No Media | 55,829 | 32.66 |
| At least 1 Media | 115,107 | 67.34 |
| Parity | ||
| No children | 1711 | 1 |
| 1–2 | 119,839 | 70.11 |
| 3–4 | 39,639 | 23.19 |
| 5 or more | 9745 | 5.70 |
| Education | ||
| Illiterate | 47,793 | 27.96 |
| Primary | 22,957 | 13.43 |
| Secondary | 79,628 | 46.58 |
| Higher | 20,557 | 12.03 |
| Household-Level Characteristics | ||
| Household Size | 6.4 | |
| Wealth Index | ||
| Poorest | 40,713 | 23.82 |
| Poor | 36,361 | 21.27 |
| Middle | 34,120 | 19.96 |
| Rich | 32,194 | 18.83 |
| Richest | 27,547 | 16.12 |
| Caste | ||
| Scheduled Caste | 37,870 | 22.15 |
| Scheduled Tribe | 18,308 | 10.71 |
| Other Backward Caste | 78,672 | 46.02 |
| Others | 36,086 | 21.11 |
| Religion | ||
| Hindu | 138,346 | 80.93 |
| Muslim | 23,822 | 13.94 |
| Christian | 3534 | 2.07 |
| Other | 5232 | 3.06 |
| Proportion of Under 5 Children | ||
| Less than 2 under five children | 151,586 | 88.68 |
| More than 2 under five children | 19,350 | 11.32 |
| Financial Autonomy | ||
| No | 3270 | 11.03 |
| Some | 8356 | 44.60 |
| High | 7993 | 44.37 |
| Community-Level Characteristics | ||
| Region | ||
| Non-High Focussed States | 73,535 | 43.02 |
| High North-East | 5398 | 3.16 |
| High -Focussed States | 92,002 | 53.82 |
| Residence | ||
| Rural | 122,398 | 71.60 |
| Urban | 48,538 | 28.40 |
| Community Poverty | ||
| Low | 78,361 | 45.84 |
| High | 92,575 | 54.16 |
| Community Education | ||
| Low | 87,947 | 51.45 |
| High | 82,989 | 48.55 |
| Contacting Community Health Worker | ||
| No | 97,980 | 57.32 |
| Anganwadi and ASHA | 70,797 | 41.42 |
| MPW | 2160 | 1.26 |
| Access-related barriers | ||
| Acceptability | 7122 | 5.87 |
| Affordability | 4345 | 3.58) |
| Availability | 109,798 | 90.54 |
| Total | 1,70,937 | |
Source: Author’s Computation