District-level religious composition and child health in India

Richards, Bailey; Rao, Krishna; Bishai, David

doi:10.1186/s41043-022-00298-7

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Table 1 Descriptive statistics on the sample

From: District-level religious composition and child health in India

		Number non-missing	Mean or proportion	(SD)
deadchild2	Child death prior to age 5	282,784	0.04	0.20
bcgvacc	Individual-level received BCG vaccine	147,693	0.82	0.39
poliovacc	Individual‐level received polio vaccine	147,984	0.97	0.16
vaccmotiv1	Relatives friends advised mother to vaccinate last child	282,784	0.22	0.42
openfield	Defecates in open field	281,407	0.64	0.48
sickseek	Sought treatment for sick child	58,995	0.72	0.45
govseek	Sought treatment for sick child at government facility	42,351	0.27	0.44
ultrasound	Individual received ultrasound	282,717	0.01	0.08
anc	Individual received antenatal care	282,774	0.71	0.45
treatsought	Individual sought treatment for pregnancy problem	164,860	0.52	0.50
pmuslim	Percent Muslims in district	278,541	0.15	0.36
phindu	Percent Hindus in district	278,541	0.76	0.43
pchristian	Percent Christian in district	278,541	0.05	0.23
psikh	Percent Sikh in district	278,541	0.02	0.14
pbuddhist	Percent Buddhist in district	278,541	0.01	0.10
nosexpref	Individual‐level no sex preference	108,138	0.40	0.49
boysexpref	Individual‐level boy sex preference	108,087	0.47	0.50
noread	Individual cannot read	173,010	0.82	0.39
healthinsur	Individual has health insurance	279,160	0.03	0.18
wealthquint1	Individual‐level poorest quintile	282,728	0.21	0.41
wealthquint2	Individual‐level wealth quintile 2	282,728	0.22	0.41
wealthquint3	Individual‐level wealth quintile 3	282,728	0.21	0.41
wealthquint4	Individual‐level wealth quintile 4	282,728	0.20	0.40
wealthquint5	Individual‐level least poor quintile	282,728	0.17	0.37
scaste	Individual‐level scheduled caste	282,711	0.19	0.39
stribe	Individual‐level scheduled tribe	282,711	0.18	0.38
nocastetribe	Individual‐level no caste or tribe	282,711	0.40	0.49
notoilet	No toilet in household	282,784	0.63	0.48
rural	Individual‐level rural	282,784	0.82	0.38
stillbirths	Had a stillbirth	282,763	0.04	0.24
spontabort	Had a spontaneous abortion	282,758	0.13	0.46
indabort	Household-level induced abortions	282,767	0.03	0.20
hhi	Herfindahl–Hirschman index of religious heterogeneity	282,784	0.77	0.15
ancvisits	Number of ANC visits at last pregnancy	201,139	5.50	12.58
worklastyear	Individual worked last year	192,785	0.13	0.34
momyearsed ~ t	Mother’s years of education	282,784	3.99	1.80
dadyearsed ~ t	Father’s years of education	282,784	6.44	1.54
scastecompt	District-level % in scheduled caste	282,784	0.17	0.09
stribecompt	District-level % in scheduled tribe	282,784	0.17	0.26
nocastetribe	District-level % in no caste or tribe	282,711	0.40	0.49

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