Table 3A.
Differential patterns in antenatal iron-folic acid coverage across districts of northeast India by contextual factors, 2020–21.
| District subgroups by contextual factors | Pregnant women who received | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| full course of iron-folic acid | |||
| supplements per 100 ANC | |||
| registered women | |||
| Coverage (95% CI) | Relative CD | CR | |
| Physiographical grouping | |||
| Hilly/mountainous | 52.04 (51.79–52.29) | −42.54% | 0.57 |
| Plateau | 65.45 (65.19–66.70) | −27.74% | 0.72 |
| Plain | 90.57 (90.50–90.64) | Reference | Reference |
| Special categories (under Transformation of Aspirational Districts initiative) | |||
| Aspirational districts | 90.98 (90.86–91.10) | Reference | Reference |
| Other districts | 78.16 (78.07–78.26) | −14.09% | 0.85 |
| Grouping based on proportion of mothers who had early ANC | |||
| Low (27.1 to 54.8%) | 81.51 (81.36–81.65) | Reference | Reference |
| Medium (54.9 to 65.8%) | 81.21 (81.07–81.34) | −0.40% | 1.00 |
| High (65.9 to 90.6%) | 81.35 (81.22–81.49) | −0.20% | 1.00 |
ANC, antenatal care; CI, confidence interval; CD, coverage difference; CR, coverage ratio.
While comparing the coverage across different sub-groups within a grouping, the sub-group with the highest coverage was treated as reference.