Disparities in child mortality trends: what is the evidence from disadvantaged states in India? the case of Orissa and Madhya Pradesh

Table 1 Overview of available datasets obtained from surveys in India, 1990-2008

Data source	Year	Data type		Sample size		Used for equity marker					Comment
				Women	CEB	S	U/R	E	W	D
DLHS-I	1998-1999	SBH	Orissa	28,760	83,735	x	x	x			Converted U5MR to NMR
			MP	34,779	114,279
DLHS-II	2002-2004	CBH	Orissa	22,134	64,879	x	x	x	x
			MP	33,547	114,012
DLHS-III	2007-2008	SBH	Orissa	27,842	73,639	x	x	x		x	Converted U5MR to NMR
			MP	46,148	143,532
DHS-I	1992-1993	CBH	Orissa	3,781	12,933	x	x	x	x		Only available for Orissa, representative at state level
DHS-II	1998-1999	CBH	Orissa	3,945	12,529	x	x	x	x		Only available for Orissa, representative at state level
DHS-III	2005-2006	CBH	Orissa	3,101	9,100	x	x	x	x		Representative at state level
			MP	4,669	15,339
SRS	1971-2008	Crude death rates				x	x				Data available: Orissa 1991–2008; MP 2004–2008.
WHS	2003										Not used, only representative at the national level.
Estimation method						Sum.	Sum.	Sum.	D	I

Notes: DLHS District Level Health Survey, DHS Demographic Health Survey, SRS Sample Registration System, WHS World Health Survey, S State, U/R Urban/Rural, E Ethnicity, W Wealth, D District, Sum Summary Estimation, D Direct Estimation, I Indirect Estimation, CEB children ever born.

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