Inequalities in the utilisation of maternal health Care in Rural India: Evidences from National Family Health Survey III & IV

Table 2 Estimates of Marginal effect and decomposition analysis for contribution of explanatory factors to the inequality in full antenatal care among rural women in India, 2005–16

Explanatory variables	2005–06				2015–16
Explanatory variables	Marginal Effect	CI	Absolute Contribution to CI	Percentage Contribution to CI	Marginal Effect	CI	Absolute Contribution to CI	Percentage Contribution to CI
Age in years (25-34)	0.045	0.005	0.000	0.40	0.038	0.008	0.001	0.53
Age in years (35-49)	0.035	− 0.187	− 0.002	−2.39	0.048	− 0.244	− 0.004	−3.09
Birth order (2)	− 0.029	0.109	− 0.003	−3.19	− 0.022	0.074	− 0.002	−1.51
Birth order (3+)	− 0.070	− 0.151	0.020	19.62	− 0.087	− 0.220	0.025	18.75
Primary education	0.042	0.064	0.002	1.59	0.029	−0.103	− 0.002	− 1.36
Secondary education	0.114	0.414	0.049	48.71	0.081	0.242	0.034	25.30
Higher education	0.314	0.783	0.021	20.52	0.162	0.624	0.026	19.20
Schedule tribe	0.006	−0.356	− 0.001	−1.00	− 0.007	− 0.095	0.001	0.53
OBC	0.016	0.048	0.001	1.29	−0.003	− 0.299	0.001	0.38
Others	0.014	0.230	0.003	3.09	−0.010	0.044	−0.001	− 0.60
Hindu	0.022	−0.005	0.000	− 0.30	− 0.053	− 0.006	0.001	0.75
Muslim	0.034	−0.025	−0.001	− 0.50	− 0.066	− 0.037	0.001	0.98
Media exposure	0.026	0.191	0.012	12.15	0.090	0.223	0.053	40.14
Explained CI			0.100	100			0.133	100
Total CI			0.471				0.316
Residual			0.371				0.183

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