Birth registration in India: Are wealth inequities decreasing?

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examines the geographic variation and the magnitude of wealth inequities in birth registration in India between 2005 and 2015.

Methods

Data came from India's 2005 (n = 51,940) and 2015 (n = 250,194) Demographic Health Surveys. We estimated absolute wealth inequities at the national and state-level and specified three-level logistic regression models (children, communities, and states) to calculate the variance partitioning coefficient attributable to each level to examine the variation in birth registration at each time point.

Results

National birth registration coverage was 41.2% in 2005 and improved to 79.6% in 2015. Between 2005 and 2015, coverage among children in the poorest quintile (Q1) improved from 23.9% to 63.8% while coverage among the

SUBMITTER: Bhatia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7823051 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature