Table 2 Association between receiving compensation for sterilization and select sociodemographic characteristics of the study sample (n = 28,037)
From: Examining the access to benefits and quality sterilization services among Muslim women in India
No n (%) | Yes n (%) | Total n (%) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Religion | ||||
Muslim | 715 (46.43%) | 825 (53.57%) | 1540 (100%) | < 0.001 |
Non-Muslim | 7534 (28.43%) | 18963 (71.57%) | 26497 (100%) | |
Age | ||||
15–19 | 6 (35.29%) | 11 (64.71%) | 17 (100%) | < 0.001 |
20–24 | 1040 (35.35%) | 1902 (64.65%) | 2942 (100%) | |
25–29 | 3101 (28.58%) | 7750 (71.42%) | 10851 (100%) | |
30–34 | 2197 (27.13%) | 5902 (72.87%) | 8099 (100%) | |
35–39 | 1196 (29.13%) | 2910 (70.87%) | 4106 (100%) | |
40–44 | 468 (33.82%) | 916 (66.18%) | 1384 (100%) | |
45–49 | 241 (37.77%) | 397 (62.23%) | 638 (100%) | |
Education | ||||
No education | 2852 (27.26%) | 7610 (72.74%) | 10462 (100%) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 1401 (27.61%) | 3674 (72.39%) | 5075 (100%) | |
Secondary | 3750 (31.77%) | 8052 (68.23%) | 11802 (100%) | |
Higher | 246 (35.24%) | 452 (64.76%) | 698 (100%) | |
Castea | ||||
Scheduled caste | 1992 (27.72%) | 5195 (72.8%) | 7187 (100%) | < 0.001 |
Scheduled tribe | 1922 (31.74%) | 4134 (68.26%) | 6056 (100%) | |
OBC | 3038 (26.78%) | 8308 (73.22%) | 11346 (100%) | |
None of them | 942 (35.72%) | 1695 (64.28%) | 2637 (100%) | |
Don't know | 55 (26.07%) | 156 (73.93%) | 211 (100%) | |
Parity | ||||
0 | 6 (50%) | 6 (50%) | 12 (100%) | < 0.001 |
1 | 169 (38.41%) | 271 (61.59%) | 440 (100%) | |
2 | 3358 (30.11%) | 7795 (69.89%) | 11153 (100%) | |
3 | 2545 (29.6%) | 6053 (70.4%) | 8598 (100%) | |
4 | 1209 (27.41%) | 3202 (72.59%) | 4411 (100%) | |
5 + | 962 (28.1%) | 2461 (71.9%) | 3423 (100%) | |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 903 (35.41%) | 1647 (64.59%) | 2550 (100%) | < 0.001 |
Rural | 7346 (28.82%) | 18141 (71.18%) | 25487 (100%) | |
Internet exposure | ||||
No | 6878 (29.34%) | 16561 (70.66%) | 23439 (100%) | 0.52 |
Yes | 1371 (29.82%) | 3227 (70.18%) | 4598 (100%) | |
Mass media exposure | ||||
Unexposed | 3767 (28.57%) | 9418 (71.43%) | 13185 (100%) | 0.003 |
Exposed | 4482 (30.18%) | 10,370 (69.82%) | 14852 (100%) | |
Age at sterilization | ||||
< 25 | 2672 (28%) | 6871 (72%) | 9543 (100%) | < 0.001 |
25–29 | 3016 (28.79%) | 7460 (71.21%) | 10476 (100%) | |
30–34 | 1578 (30.14%) | 3657 (69.86%) | 5235 (100%) | |
35–39 | 648 (33.64%) | 1278 (66.36%) | 1926 (100%) | |
40–44 | 267 (37.77%) | 440 (62.23%) | 707 (100%) | |
45–49 | 68 (45.33%) | 82 (54.67%) | 150 (100%) | |