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Table 4 Proportion of women who reported symptoms and sought treatment, by background characteristics, NFHS-4

From: Services for women’s sexual and reproductive health in India: an analysis of treatment-seeking for symptoms of reproductive tract infections in a nationally representative survey

 

n*

Reported symptoms

Sought treatment of those who reported symptoms

Age group

 15–25

21,038

10.7(10.0,11.4)

35.09(32.4,37.9)

 25–35

34,531

12.4(11.8,13.0)

42.22(40.1,44.4)

 35 & above

36,249

10.5(10.0,11.1)

38.39(36.2,40.5)

Years of schooling

 No education

30,939

11.8(11.2,12.3)

33.45(31.5,35.5)

 1–8 years

28,168

11.7(11.1,12.3)

42.01(39.7,44.4)

 8+ years

32,711

10.5(9.9,11.1)

42.3(39.7,44.9)

Residence

 Urban

27,103

10.5(9.7,11.3)

41.79(38.8,44.9)

 Rural

64,715

11.7(11.2,12.1)

37.99(36.5,39.5)

Wealth Index

 Poor

36,020

11.9(11.3,12.5)

32.51(30.6,34.5)

 Middle

19,389

11.2(10.5,11.9)

41.05(38.2,44.0)

 Rich

36,409

10.7(10.1,11.3)

44.45(42.1,46.9)

Religion

 Muslim

12,581

13.0(12.0,14.1)

42.35(38.9,45.9)

 Hindu

69,156

10.9(10.5,11.4)

38.21(36.6,39.8)

 Others

10,081

12.0(10.7,13.4)

44.85(39.5,50.3)

Caste

 ST/SC

32,365

11.7(11.0,12.6)

36.69(34.4,39.1)

 OBC

36,113

11.0(10.4,11.5)

38.09(36.1,40.2)

 Others

23,340

11.0(10.2,11.8)

43.94(40.8,47.1)

Marital Status

 Unmarried

5909

10.4(9.2,11.8)

41.7(36.4,47.2)

 Ever Married

85,909

11.3(11.0,11.7)

39.1(37.6,40.6)

Occupation

 Not working

62,107

10.7(10.2,11.1)

37.7(36.0,39.5)

 Working

28,656

12.4(11.8,13.1)

41.6(39.5,43.9)

Distance to health Facility

 No problem

32,874

9.2(8.8,9.7)

42.8(40.2,45.3)

 Problem

58,944

16.0(15.2,16.8)

37.5(35.9,39.2)

Role in decision making

 No

51,856

9.8(9.2,10.3)

37.5(35.3,39.7)

 Yes

39,962

12.2(11.7,12.7)

40.2(38.2,42.2)

Freedom of Mobility

 No

30,852

12.8(12.2,13.4)

38.9(37.1,40.7)

 Yes

55,057

10.5(10.0,10.9)

39.7(37.7,41.8)

Ever experienced violence

 No

47,050

11.7(11.2,12.2)

38.7(36.6,40.8)

 Yes

18,302

10.8(10.2,11.3)

38.4(36.1,40.8)

  1. *n is the unweighted sample of women who reported being sexually active. Information was missing for occupation in 1,055 cases, for role in decision-making in 5,909 cases and for ever experienced violence in 26,466 cases