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Table 1 Characteristics of women who gave birth in Ujjain District in 2009 by place of delivery

From: India's JSY cash transfer program for maternal health: Who participates and who doesn't - a report from Ujjain district

  

N (%)

JSY N (%)

Private N (%)

Home N (%)

p value

(a) Study population characteristics

     

Age

      
 

≤25 years

306 (73)

233 (73)

41 (76)

32 (70)

 
 

>25 years

112 (27)

85 (27)

13 (24)

14 (30)

0.77

Poverty level

      
 

APL

204 (49)

143 (45)

37 (69)

24 (52)

 
 

BPL

214 (51)

175 (55)

17 (31)

22 (48)

0.01

Education

      
 

Primary, high school or higher

220 (53)

166 (52)

39 (72)

15 (33)

 
 

No formal education

198 (47)

152 (48)

15 (28)

31 (67)

<0.01

Caste

      
 

Disadvantaged groups

118 (28)

79 (25)

28 (52)

11 (24)

 
 

General

300 (72)

239 (75)

26 (48)

35 (76)

<0.01

(b) Pregnancy Related

     

Knowledge of JSY

Yes

373 (89)

304 (96)

37 (68)

32 (70)

 
 

No

45 (11)

14 (4)

17 (32)

14 (30)

<0.01

Number of previous deliveries

     
 

1 delivery

143 (34)

115 (36)

21 (39)

7 (15)

 
 

≥2 deliveries

275 (66)

203 (64)

33 (61)

39 (85)

0.02

Number of ANC visits attended

     
 

0-3 visits

221 (53)

179 (56)

10 (19)

32 (70)

 
 

≥4 visits

197 (47)

139 (44)

44 (81)

14 (30)

<0.01

Time spent to travel to the place of delivery (minutes)

     
 

<median 45 minutes

206 (49)

189 (60)

17 (29)

0

<0.01

 

>median 45 minutes

212 (51)

125 (40)

41 (71)

46(100)

 

Type of delivery

      
 

Normal

403 (96)

314 (99)

43 (80)

46(100)

 
 

Caesarian section

15 (4)

4 (1)

11 (20)

0

<0.01

Infant outcome

      
 

Normal

371 (89)

287 (90)

40 (74)

44 (96)

 
 

Still birth or neonatal death*

16 (4)

11 (4)

3 (6)

2 (4)

 
 

Needed special care

31 (7)

20 (6)

11 (20)

N/A

<0.01

  1. APL, Above poverty line; BPL, below poverty line
  2. *Still birth (n = 3)
  3. *JSY facility was used as the reference group