Does Access to Maternal and Child Health Care (MCH) Services in India Change in a Decade?
| Vol-5 | Issue-10 | October-2020 | Published Online: 15 October 2020 PDF ( 527 KB ) | ||
| DOI: https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2020.v05.i10.003 | ||
| Author(s) | ||
Dr. Tek Chand Saini
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1PhD, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Science,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
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| Abstract | ||
Utilization of maternal and child health services in India varies differently due to various socio-economic conditions. Aim of the study is to analyze the spatial inequalities in access to maternal and child health services in India from 2005-06 to 2015-16. Bivariate analysis has done using the National Family Health Survey 2005-06 & 2015-16. Geographically, women belong to southern states of India such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka has the highest access to MCH services. Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, UP, Uttarakhand, Assam, Odisha states are showing the improvement in institutional delivery, but access to full ANC still deprived. |
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| Keywords | ||
| Maternal health, child immunization, institutional delivery, reproductive health, inequality in healthcare uses. | ||
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