Ranjan Kumar Prusty|Jitendra Gouda|Manas Ranjan Pradhan
Inequality in the Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services in Odisha, India
International Institute for Population Sciences|International Institute for Population Sciences|International Institute for Population Sciences
odisha one socioeconomically disadvantaged states india registers high maternal deaths state features wide regional sociodemographic diversity koraputbalangirkalahandi kbk districts dominated disadvantaged tribal population study aims assess level pattern maternal healthcare services utilization among different subgroups women odisha special focus regional economic educational inequality using latest district level household facility survey dlhsiii 200708 descriptive statistics bivariate multivariate analysis used understand pattern utilization maternal healthcare services among women different background characteristics concentration curve decomposition analysis used understand inequalities utilization maternal healthcare services contribution different socioeconomic factors results reveal wide regional variation utilization maternal healthcare services utilization maternal healthcare services concentrated among affluent households economic inequality safe delivery high decomposition analysis shows education leading contributor explaining maternal healthcare services utilization enhancing literacy among women improving health infrastructure quality rural disadvantaged regions may prioritized improve maternal health odisha