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Infant mortality differentials among the tribal and non-tribal populations of Central and Eastern India

Table 1. Percentage distribution of births during five years prior to the survey by selected background characteristics of Central and Eastern India,
DLHS-III, 2007–2008
Covariates Overall sample Central and Eastern India Tribes Non-Tribes
a
a
a
Household/community variables
State of residence
Jharkhand 26.8 29.6 25.5
Odisha 17.8 16.2 18.5
Chhattisgarh 15.4 19.6 13.4
Madhya Pradesh 40.0 34.6 42.6
Place of residence
Urban 14.4 4.0 19.2
Rural 85.6 96.0 80.8
Religion
Hindu 87.0 79.0 90.9
Muslim 5.7 0.1 8.2
Christian 2.5 7.2 0.3
Others 4.8 13.7 0.6
Household wealth index
Poor 64.0 88.0 52.6
Middle 16.0 7.7 20.0
Rich 20.0 4.3 27.4
Caste
SC 16.6 — —
ST 32.0 — —
Others 51.4 — —
Mother-specific variables
Age
15–24 42.8 40.6 43.8
25–34 48.6 48.7 48.5
35+ 8.6 10.7 7.7
Feeding with colostrum
No 84.1 83.6 84.4
Yes 15.9 16.4 15.6
Mother’s education
Illiterate 53.4 71.0 45.1
Primary 16.7 13.4 18.3
Secondary 23.7 13.7 28.5
Higher 6.2 1.9 8.1
Infant-specific variables
Birth order
1 to 2 children 58.5 52.1 61.5
3 or more children 36.3 43.9 32.7
Sex of the infant
Male 49.9 49.6 50.1
Female 46.0 47.5 45.2
Place of pregnancy registered c
Not registered 47.4 50.2 46.1
Registered in government facility 9.7 3.8 12.5
Registered in private facility 39.1 43.5 37.1
b
No. of mothers 119,534 34,698 84,532
No. of births 54,584 17,515 36,945
b
Note: (1) a. Weighted percentages in the table were based on births during last five years prior to survey; b. denotes unweighted frequency; c. Information was collected
for live birth/still birth of last pregnancy. (2) Missing cases of each variable were not reported; thus, the sum of percentage of some variables did not add up to 100%. (3)
SC: Scheduled caste; ST: Scheduled tribes; Others: other classes.

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