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Table 3 Changes in ANC, institutional delivery, and PNC use, by household wealth

From: Impact of a maternal health voucher scheme on institutional delivery among low income women in Pakistan

 

Pre-intervention

(2008)

%

(n = 681)

(1)

Post-intervention

(2009)

%

(n = 742)

(2)

p-value for chi-square test

(3)

ANC (3+ visits)

   

Wealth quintiles

   

   Fifth/poorest

34.1

51.4

< 0.01

   Fourth

50.4

62.9

< 0.05

   Third

61.3

81.4

< 0.001

   Second

72.7

87.7

< 0.01

   First/least poor

85.9

91.1

NS

Institutional Delivery

   

Wealth quintiles

   

   Fifth/poorest

31.8

53.5

< 0.001

   Fourth

48.1

47.0

NS

   Third

63.5

70.7

NS

   Second

73.4

76.1

NS

   First/least poor

84.6

87.0

NS

PNC

   

Wealth quintiles

   

   Fifth/poorest

12.1

22.9

< 0.05

   Fourth

17.0

27.8

< 0.05

   Third

33.6

40.0

NS

   Second

38.3

46.4

NS

   First/least poor

46.3

58.6

< 0.05

  1. NS = not significant