Table 1 Characteristics of live births and induced abortions

Caste

Upper

30.2

34.3

5.0

4.2 – 5.8

Middle

43.5

46.9

4.7

4.1 – 5.4

Low

26.3

18.8

3.1

2.5 – 3.9

Wealth index

High

36.9

44.8

5.4

4.7 – 6.3

Middle

32.3

30.3

4.2

3.5 – 5.0

Low

30.9

24.9

3.6

3.0 – 4.4

Paternal age

<20

2.3

2.6

5.0

2.7 – 8.9

20–24

23.9

15.5

2.8

2.3 – 3.7

25–29

40.5

40.3

4.4

3.8 – 5.1

≥30

33.2

41.5

5.6

4.8 – 6.4

Maternal age

<20

8.6

6.6

3.4

2.3 – 4.9

20–24

55.7

43.1

3.4

3.0 – 3.9

25–29

24.9

33.2

5.9

5.0 – 6.9

≥30

10.8

17.2

7.0

5.6 – 8.7

Paternal education

Low

64.5

64.5

4.4

4.0 – 5.0

High

35.5

35.5

4.4

3.8 – 5.2

Maternal education

Low

80.8

83

4.5

4.1 – 5.0

High

19.2

17

3.9

3.1 – 4.9

Birth order

1

38.3

18.4

2.1

1.7 – 2.7

2

32.6

29.4

4.0

3.4 – 4.8

3

17.3

30.4

7.8

6.6 – 9.2

≥4

11.9

21.9

8.2

6.7 – 10.0

Place of delivery

Govt. hospital

36.6

7.3

0.8

0.6 – 1.2

Private

35.8

79.1

9.7

8.8 – 10.8

Home

27.0

13.2

2.1

1.7 – 2.8

Others

0.6

0.5

3.2

0.2 – 11.7

Personnel conducting the delivery

ANM/Nurse

2.2

8.0

16.3

11.8 – 21.9

Trained birth attendant

26.8

1.2

0.2

0.1 – 0.5

Untrained birth attendant

0.2

-

-

-

Govt. doctor

34.9

7.3

0.9

0.6 – 1.3

Private doctor

35.5

78.8

9.8

8.8 – 10.8

Others

0.5

4.7

43.5

30.2– 57.8

Gestational age

≤12

-

54.8

-

-

13-20

-

34.1

-

-

>20

-

11.1

-

-

No of male siblings

0

-

54.4

-

-

1

-

35.1

-

-

2

-

8.7

-

-

3-5

-

1.8

-

-

No of female siblings

0

-

33.6

-

-

1

-

36.9

-

-

2

-

20.0

-

-

3

-

7.1

-

-

4-6

-

2.3

-

-