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Do socio-demographic factors still predict the choice of place of delivery: A cross-sectional study in rural North India

Authors
Jyotiranjan Sahoo*, dr.jyotiranjan@gmail.com, Satya Vir Singh, Vimal Kishore Gupta, Suneela Garg, Jugal Kishore
Department of Community Medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, India
*Corresponding author at: Department of Community Medicine & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751019, India. Mobile: +91 8895714278.
Corresponding Author
Jyotiranjan Sahoodr.jyotiranjan@gmail.com
Received 27 August 2014, Revised 1 May 2015, Accepted 10 May 2015, Available Online 11 June 2015.
DOI
10.1016/j.jegh.2015.05.002How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Home delivery; Institutional delivery; Maternal mortality; Socio-demographic factors; Maternal health care utilization
Abstract

Improving maternal health is one of the goals to be achieved under the Millennium Development Goal (MDG), especially MDG-5. One of the predictors of maternal health is place of child birth. This study was carried out to determine the prevalence of home delivery and different socio-demographic factors associated with them. This study was a community-based cross-sectional study. Women who delivered a baby in the past 1 year were included in this study. A total of 300 women responded (93.2%) and gave consent to participate in the study. Prevalence of home delivery was 37.7%. Bivariate analysis showed that religion, caste, education of women and their partners, occupation of the spouse, monthly family income and socioeconomic status had a significant association with the choice of place of delivery. But multivariate regression analysis showed only religion, caste, education of spouse and monthly income to be significant factors in determining place of delivery. The findings of this study suggest that individual countries have to formulate interventions which will target marginalized or vulnerable populations with reference to caste, religion and wealth. A significant improvement in reaching the 5th MDG can be achieved if the first three MDG goals are focused on, i.e., eradication of poverty, achieving universal education and women empowerment.

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S27 - S34
Publication Date
2015/06/11
ISSN (Online)
2210-6014
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2210-6006
DOI
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© 2015 Ministry of Health, Saudi Arabia. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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