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Table 4 Percent distribution of mothers who paid and did not pay for institutional delivery by wealth quintile and type of health centres in South India, 2019-21

From: Are institutional deliveries equitable in the southern states of India? A benefit incidence analysis

Wealth quintile

a. Sub-centres/PHC

/UHC/Othersa

b. Government/Municipal

/Rural Hospital

c. Any public

health facility (a or b)

d. Private health

facility

Overall

Paid

(%)

Didn’t pay

(%)

N

Paid

(%)

Didn’t pay

(%)

N

Paid

(%)

Didn’t pay

(%)

N

Paid

(%)

Didn’t pay (%)

N

Paid

(%)

Didn’t pay

(%)

N

 

Poorest

84.9

15.1

925

89.0

11.0

2697

87.9

12.1

3622

96.3

3.7

859

89.5

10.5

3857

 

Poorer

84.6

15.4

706

87.4

12.6

2,482

86.8

13.2

3,188

97.3

2.7

1293

89.9

10.1

4141

 

Middle

77.3

22.7

554

87.6

12.4

2,183

85.6

14.0

2,737

98.4

1.6

1,743

90.5

9.5

4275

 

Richer

88.6

14.5

427

87.7

12.3

1,877

87.3

12.7

2,304

98.3

1.7

2,177

92.3

7.7

4678

 

Richest

89.5

10.5

218

89.3

10.7

1,219

89.4

10.6

1,437

98.7

1.3

3,043

95.5

4.5

5453

 

Total

84.0

16.0

2,830

88.2

11.9

10,458

87.3

12.7

13,288

98.2

1.8

9,115

91.8

8.2

22,403

 
  1. aOthers include additional Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), Urban Health Post (UHP), Urban Family Welfare Centre (UFWC), Public sector health facility