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Decomposing the Socio-economic Inequalities in Utilization of Full Antenatal Care in Jharkhand State, India

Table 3. Decomposition analysis of the concentration index of full antenatal care by background characteristics, Jharkhand, India, 2007–2008
Background Characteristics Elasticity Concentration Index Contribution to Concentration Index Contribution to Concentration Index (%)
Poor economic status −0.1780 0.5466 −0.0973 37.53
SC/ST social groups −0.0909 0.1546 −0.0141 5.42
Hindu religion group 0.1778 −0.0392 −0.0070 2.69
Residence in rural area −0.8867 0.0455 −0.0403 15.56
Age of the women 0.00
15–24 0.0000 −0.0570 0.0000 0.00
25–34 0.0842 0.0104 0.0009 −0.34
35–49 0.0022 0.1400 0.0003 −0.12
Primary education −0.0178 −0.1011 0.0018 −0.69
Currently married -0.0396 −0.0015 0.0001 −0.02
Age at first birth 0.00
<20 −0.2436 0.0066 −0.0016 0.62
20+ −0.0895 −0.0071 0.0006 −0.25
Birth orders 0.00
1 0.0847 −0.0510 −0.0043 1.67
2 0.0290 −0.0556 −0.0016 0.62
3 −0.0334 −0.0161 0.0005 −0.21
4+ −0.0747 0.0939 −0.0070 2.70
Boy child −0.0259 −0.0118 0.0003 −0.12
Any mass media exposure 0.2461 −0.3236 -0.0796 30.71
Districts 0.00
Garhwa −0.0362 0.0581 −0.0021 0.81
Palamu −0.0362 −0.0461 0.0017 −0.64
Chatra −0.0248 0.0711 −0.0018 0.68
Hazaribagh −0.0207 −0.2063 0.0043 −1.64
Kodarma −0.0081 −0.0762 0.0006 −0.24
Giridih 0.0081 0.0338 0.0003 −0.11
Deoghar −0.0187 −0.0851 0.0016 −0.61
Godda −0.0065 0.0106 −0.0001 0.03
Sahibganj −0.0243 0.1406 −0.0034 1.32
Pakur −0.0210 0.2500 −0.0052 2.02
Dumka −0.0180 0.1405 −0.0025 0.98
Dhanbad −0.0076 −0.3812 0.0029 −1.12
Bokaro 0.0005 −0.2132 −0.0001 0.04
Ranchi −0.0021 0.0174 0.0000 0.01
Lohardaga −0.0075 −0.0399 0.0003 −0.12
Gumla −0.0087 0.0825 −0.0007 0.28
Western Singhbhum 0.0246 0.0916 0.0023 −0.87
Eastern Singhbhum 0.0000 −0.2318 0.0000 0.00
Simdega 0.0002 0.0550 0.0000 0.00
Seraikella 0.0133 −0.2080 −0.0028 1.07
Latehar −0.0204 0.1090 −0.0022 0.86
Jamatra 0.0185 −0.0290 −0.0005 0.21
Residual −0.33
Source: Computed from DLHS-3 data.

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