Impact of an integrated nutrition and health programme on neonatal mortality in rural northern India
Abdullah H Baqui, Emma K Williams, Amanda M Rosecrans, Praween K Agrawal, Saifuddin Ahmed, Gary L Darmstadt, Vishwajeet Kumar, Usha Kiran, Dharmendra Panwar, Ramesh C Ahuja, Vinod K Srivastava, Robert E Black, Manthuram Santosham
Volume 86, Number 10, October 2008, 796-804
Table 2. Selected maternal and household characteristics of recently delivered women by study district: baseline (2001–2002) and endline (2004–2005) surveys
| Characteristica | Number of recently delivered women (%) |
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| Baseline survey |
Endline survey |
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| Comparison district (n = 6 196) | Intervention district (n = 8 756) | Comparison district (n = 6 014) | Intervention district (n = 7 812) | ||
| < 20 years | 1267 (20.4) | 2012 (23.0) | 941 (15.7) | 1366 (17.5) | |
| 20–34 years | 4498 (72.6) | 6000 (68.5) | 4613 (76.8) | 5663 (72.6) | |
| 35–49 years | 431 (7.0) | 742 (8.5) | 453 (7.5) | 775 (9.9) | |
| Illiterate | 3914 (63.2) | 6707 (76.6) | 3532 (58.7) | 5845 (74.8) | |
| Literate, but middle school not completed | 988 (15.9) | 1161 (13.3) | 915 (15.2) | 991 (12.7) | |
| Middle school completed | 766 (12.4) | 559 (6.4) | 907 (15.1) | 608 (7.8) | |
| High school completed and above | 528 (8.5) | 329 (3.7) | 660 (11.0) | 368 (4.7) | |
| 1 | 1269 (20.5) | 1648 (18.8) | 1313 (21.9) | 1546 (19.8) | |
| 2–3 | 2313 (37.3) | 3080 (35.2) | 2401 (39.9) | 2850 (36.5) | |
| 4–5 | 1504 (24.3) | 2241 (25.6) | 1396 (23.2) | 2011 (25.7) | |
| ≥ 6 | 1110 (17.9) | 1787 (20.4) | 904 (15.0) | 1405 (18.0) | |
| Hindu | 5834 (94.2) | 7128 (81.4) | 5666 (94.2) | 6265 (80.2) | |
| Muslim/other | 362 (5.8) | 1628 (18.6) | 348 (5.8) | 1547 (19.8) | |
| Scheduled castes/tribes | 2179 (43.8) | 2874 (40.6) | 2566 (42.7) | 3166 (40.6) | |
| Other backward class b | 2163 (43.5) | 3371 (47.6) | 2583 (43.0) | 3723 (47.7) | |
| Others | 634 (12.7) | 834 (11.8) | 858 (14.3) | 1775 (11.7) | |
| Low | 3293 (53.2) | 4072 (46.5) | 2921 (48.6) | 3122 (40.0) | |
| Medium | 1977 (31.9) | 3526 (40.3) | 1926 (32.0) | 3153 (40.3) | |
| High | 926 (14.9) | 1158 (13.2) | 1167 (19.4) | 1537 (19.7) | |
a χ² analyses for difference in distribution between intervention and comparison at baseline and endline were all significant at P < 0.05.b As notified by central government of India who are entitled for positive discrimination and 27% of government jobs are reserved for them.