An Evaluation of Major Determinants of Health Care Facilities for Women in India

The women in India belong to various socio-economic backgrounds and are sometimes marginalized or neglected on the gender discrimination when it comes to basic healthcare The fact that the typical female advantage in life expectancy is not seen in India suggests that there are systematic problems with women's health.Indian women have high mortality rates, particularly during childhood and in their productive years.Most women who did not receive health care during pregnancy said they thought it was unnecessary.Another reason for the low levels of prenatal care is lack of adequate health care centers.It was estimated that 16 percent of the population in rural areas lives more than 10 kilometers away from any medical facility.Keeping these issues in mind this paper focuses on various determinants of health care facilities such as: Residence, Media Exposure, Females & Partner's Education and Females & their Partner's Employment, Religion of Household Head and Female's Economic Status.Using Household data from Demographic Health Survey and by using ordered Logistic Regression Analysis, this paper seeks to examine the above mentioned socio economic factors which are responsible for poor health status of women in India on the basis of parameters like Delivery at Health Facility, Antenatal care, Level of anemia, Family planning, Knowledge of STD and Prenatal care.