Use of Maternal Health Care in Rural India: Relative Importance of Socio-economic Status and Accessibility

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Biplab Dhak
A .N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, India

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Considering low maternal health care utilization, particularly lack of full antenatal care and institutional delivery, this paper investigates determinants of seeking antenatal care and institutional delivery with the focus on assessing relative importance of socio-economic status and accessibility to health centerre services. Using nationally representative data from the District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), the paper reiterates the low level of maternal health care utilization in rural India and its correlation with both socio-economic factors and accessibility to health facilities. The association is stronger with socio-economic factors than with the proximity to health facilities. Further, it is observed that self motivation fails to ensure women’s resorting to maternal health care unless they are motivated or permitted by their husbands or mother in-laws.

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Dhak, B. (2016). Use of Maternal Health Care in Rural India: Relative Importance of Socio-economic Status and Accessibility. Journal of Population and Social Studies [JPSS], 21(2), S–99. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jpss/article/view/71968
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Vol. 21 No. 2 (2013): July - December [Supplement]
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Biplab Dhak, A .N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies, India

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