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Journal of Urban Health
Published in: Journal of Urban Health 2/2011

01-04-2011

Intra-urban Differentials in the Utilization of Reproductive Healthcare in India, 1992–2006

Authors: Abhishek Kumar, Sanjay K. Mohanty

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 2/2011

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Abstract

This paper examines trends in three reproductive healthcare indicators— namely, antenatal care, medical assistance at delivery, and contraceptive use among the urban poor and non-poor in India using data from the National Family Health Surveys, 1992–1993 and 2005–2006. The urban poor and non-poor are derived from composite wealth indices based on a set of economic proxies. Results indicate that the estimates of poor and non-poor are reliable. During the last 14 years, the service coverage in all three indicators has increased in the country, among both the urban poor and non-poor. However, the utilization of reproductive health services is concentrated among the urban non-poor cutting across the states, with the exception of Kerala. While the non-poor/poor gap in antenatal care and medical assistance at delivery remained large over the years, the gap in contraceptive use has narrowed down cutting across states. After adjusting for other confounders, household poverty was found to be a significant barrier in the utilization of reproductive healthcare services across the states. It has been observed that the utilization of reproductive healthcare services followed a continuum of rural total, urban poor, and urban non-poor.
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Metadata
Title
Intra-urban Differentials in the Utilization of Reproductive Healthcare in India, 1992–2006
Authors
Abhishek Kumar
Sanjay K. Mohanty
Publication date
01-04-2011
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Urban Health / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-010-9532-7

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