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Table 1 Profile of the surveyed households and the eligible woman

From: Utilization of maternal health services and its determinants: a cross-sectional study among women in rural Uttar Pradesh, India

Variables All women n = 2208 Women from SHG HH n = 1729 Women from Non-SHG HH n = 479 p value
Household characteristics
 Religion (%)     0.865
  Hindu 2046 (92.7) 1603 (92.7) 443 (92.5)  
 Caste (%)     < 0.001
  SC/ST 1172 (53.0) 951 (54.9) 221 (46.1)  
  Other backward caste 772 (35.0) 576 (33.3) 196 (40.9)  
  Others 264 (12.0) 202 (11.7) 62 (13.0)  
 Type of family (%)     0.003
  Nuclear 992 (44.9) 744 (43.0) 248 (51.8)  
  Non-nuclear 1216 (55.1) 985 (57.0) 231 (48.2)  
 Drinking water (%)     0.433
  Piped 54 (2.4) 40 (2.3) 14 (2.9)  
  Pump 2006 (90.9) 1578 (91.3) 428 (89.4)  
  Other sources 148 (6.7) 111 (6.4) 37 (7.7)  
 Toilet facility (%)     0.041
  Flush 133 (6.0) 96 (5.6) 37 (7.7)  
  Pit 43 (2.0) 29 (1.7) 14 (2.9)  
  Open defecation 2032 (92.0) 1604 (92.8) 428 (89.4)  
 Mean household size (SD) 7.3 (3.1) 7.4 (3.1) 6.8 (3.0) < 0.001
 Wealth index (%)     0.002
  Highest 442 (20.0) 328 (19.0) 114 (23.8)  
  Second 442 (20.0) 358 (20.7) 84 (17.5)  
  Middle 441 (20.0) 333 (19.3) 108 (22.6)  
  Fourth 457 (20.7) 383 (22.2) 74 (15.5)  
  Lowest 426 (19.3) 327 (18.9) 99 (20.7)  
Women characteristics
 Mean age (SD) in years 25.5 (4.9) 25.6 (4.9) 25.4 (4.9) 0.429
 Attended school (%) 1155 (52.3) 906 (52.4) 249 (52.0) 0.872
 Educational level (%)     0.036
  Up to primary 404 (35.0) 328 (36.2) 76 (30.5)  
  Up to middle 374 (32.4) 299 (33.0) 75 (30.1)  
  Up to intermediate 287 (24.9) 217 (24.0) 70 (28.1)  
  Others 90 (7.8) 62 (6.8) 28 (11.2)  
 Working (%) 457 (20.7) 381 (22.0) 76 (15.9) 0.003
 Median number of living children (Q1, Q3) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 3) 2 (1, 3)  
 Mass media exposure
  Do not read newspaper (%) 1832 (83.0) 1442 (83.4) 390 (81.4) 0.307
  Do not listen to radio (%) 1754 (79.4) 1364 (78.9) 390 (81.4) 0.225
  Do not watch TV (%) 1384 (62.7) 1091 (63.1) 293 (61.2) 0.439
  Access to at least one of the above media (%) 987 (44.7) 772 (44.7) 215 (44.9) 0.927
 Marginalization (%)     0.008
  Non-marginalized 504 (22.8) 377 (21.8) 127 (26.5)  
  Any one form of marginalization 674 (30.5) 534 (30.9) 140 (29.2)  
  Any two forms of marginalization 656 (29.7) 504 (29.2) 152 (31.7)  
  All forms of marginalization 374 (16.9) 314 (18.2) 60 (12.5)