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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE USE OF PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES …
Table 7 Results of logit analysis of determinants of probability of having a
male birth NFHS-1, 1992-93 and NFHS-2, 1998-99 (Continued)
Births during 0-14 years
before survey
Births during
1989-92 1996-98
Explanatory variables NFHS-1 NFHS-2 NFHS-1 NFHS-2
Ideal number of children reported by
mother
-0.043*** -0.070*** -0.043** -0.064*
Ideal number of children squared 0.0018** 0.0046*** 0.0016 0.0003
Non-numeric ideal children (numeric
= 0)
-0.134*** -0.156*** -0.076 -0.232***
Consanguinity (no = 0) -0.016 na 0.012 na
Health worker visited during
pregnancy (no = 0)
na na 0.032 -0.017
Birth attendance (untrained birth
attendant=0)
na na
Trained birth attendant at home na na 0.085*** 0.076*
Trained birth attendant at
institution
na na 0.040 0.070**
Iron and folic acid supplementation (no = 0)
Received tablets/syrup na na 0.016 0.022
Fully consumed na na na -0.041
Number of antenatal checkups
Maternal anaemia at survey
na na 0.008* 0.000
Mild na -0.015 na 0.002
Moderate/severe na -0.044*** na 0.002
Not tested na -0.025 na -0.113**
Mother's body-mass index at survey (normal = 0)
Low (below 18.5 kg/m2) na 0.005 na 0.032
High (25 kg/m2 or more) na -0.048** na -0.109*
Not measured na -0.202*** na -0.119***
Mother's height at survey na 0.007 na -0.001
Mother's height not measured
(measured = 0)
na -0.029 na 0.029
Use of PNDT (no=0)
Interaction with PNDT use
na na na -0.056
No surviving male sibling and order
2 or higher
na na na 0.228***
No surviving female sibling and
order 2 or higher
na na na 0.015
Altitude more than 1,000 meters
(lower=0)
na -0.035* na 0.029
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