Identification of Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Pregnancy and Delivery Complications in Jharkhand using DLHS-3 Data

Pregnancy and delivery complications are serious issues affecting maternal health in developing countries like India. This study is an attempt to find out the socio-economic and demographic determinants of pregnancy and delivery complications among women of reproductive age groups (15-49 years) in Jharkhand based on DLHS-3 (District Level Household Survey) data. To find out the different socio-economic and demographic determinants and their association with pregnancy and delivery complications bivariate association, Chi-square test and binary logistic regression had been applied. The results highlight that the situation of Jharkhand is not so good and it suffers from the higher rate of pregnancy and delivery complications. The analysis highlights that majority of respondents suffered from pregnancy (67.50%) and delivery complications (84.00%). Important determinants of pregnancy and delivery complications in the study area are early age marriage, years of schooling, and economic condition of respondents.