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OS24: THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN AUTONOMY AND
DIFFERENT SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON THE
UTILIZATION OF SERVICES DURING DELIVERY IN THE RURAL

INDIA: EVIDENCE FROM NFHS-4, INDIA

T. B. Singh, Divyanshu Srivastav
Centre of Bio-Statistics, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.
Email: diivyanshuu@gmail.com

Keywords: Women’s autonomy, Institutional delivery, Post Natal Care.
Abstract

Maternal health revolves around the health and wellness of women, particularly when they are pregnant,
at the time they give birth, and during child-raising. Maternal healthcare services- Institutional delivery &
PNC care.
Objective:

The present study aims to examine the association between women’s decision-making autonomy and
utilization of services during delivery among the currently married women in rural India.

Methodology:
Descriptive statistics were carried out to understand the distribution of the samples. Bivariate percentage
distribution was estimated to assess the prevalence of maternal healthcare services by the independent
variables, and the differences were later tested by Pearson’s chi-square statistic. Binary logistic regression
analysis was done to examine the crude and adjusted association between women’s autonomy and
utilization of services during delivery among the currently married women in rural India. The regression
results were presented by the relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval calculated for significant
risk factors.
Result:

This study shows the percentage of institutional delivery of low, medium and high decision making
autonomy is 74%, 75% and 77% respectively. As regards PNC check-ups this percentage is 59%,
67% and 68% respectively. In institutional delivery, women with high autonomy had 5% while medium
autonomy had 11% more risk than the women with low autonomy. While for PNC care, women with high
autonomy had 24% and medium autonomy had 22% more risk than women with low autonomy.
Conclusion and Recommendation:

The result of this study indicates that Institutional delivery and PNC care both are significant with respect
to decision making autonomy. Women having institutional delivery going for PNC check-ups is low in
every decision-making autonomy group. WHO and government recommended institutional delivery and
PNC check-ups in rural region of INDIA is low, ideally it should have been 100%.

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