Table 1 Profile of mothers stratified by place of delivery
| Â | Place of delivery | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | Overall | Public | Private | Home |
Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of mother | ||||
 Median age (years) [IQR] | 24 [5] | 24 [6] | 24 [5] | 25 [7] |
 Mean number of children | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
 % non-literate | 53.2 | 51.5 | 37.1 | 70.9 |
 % belonged to Hindu religion | 81.9 | 85.1 | 78.0 | 76.6 |
 % belonged to SC category | 26.9 | 29.9 | 19.0 | 25.0 |
 % belonged to OBC category | 57.7 | 56.1 | 58.3 | 61.6 |
 % belonged to low standard of living | 32.1 | 32.7 | 17.7 | 42.0 |
 % belonged to middle standard of living | 34.5 | 35.6 | 29.3 | 35.6 |
 % had a boy child | 52.5 | 52.9 | 52.4 | 51.5 |
Care during pregnancy | ||||
  % received 4 or more ANC check-ups | 31.8 | 33.0 | 49.7 | 14.1 |
 % had any FLW contact | 80.6 | 85.6 | 75.8 | 71.2 |
Care during childbirth | ||||
 Place of delivery | – | 59.9 | 17.9 | 22.2 |
 % caesarean delivery | 7.0 | 1.2 | 34.5 | 0.0 |
Newborn care | ||||
 % not given any pre-lacteal | 73.5 | 88.3 | 50.1 | 52.3 |
 % received skin-to-skin contact within an hour after birth | 12.4 | 18.1 | 4.5 | 3.2 |
Prenatal counselling and postnatal support | ||||
 % received both prenatal counselling and post-natal support | 27.2 | 33.0 | 22.1 | 15.6 |
 % received only prenatal counselling | 12.7 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 14.6 |
 % received only post-natal support | 31.9 | 31.6 | 38.4 | 27.5 |
 % received none | 28.2 | 23.1 | 28.0 | 42.2 |
N | 9124 | 5302 | 1617 | 2205 |