Table 3. Reported Place of Maternal Death by Background Characteristics

Characteristics	Place of Maternal Death, No. (%)
Characteristics	Home	On the way to a facility	Facility	P Value^a
Women's education
Illiterate	11 (84.6)	6 (35.3)	14 (51.9)
Literate	1 (7.7)	6 (35.3)	6 (22.2)	0.11
Do not know	1 (7.7)	5 (29.4)	7 (25.9)
Husband's education
Illiterate	10 (76.9)	6 (35.3)	10 (37.0)
Literate	3 (23.1)	11 (64.7)	29 (55.6)	0.07
Do not know	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (7.4)
Religion
Hindu	13 (100.0)	16 (94.1)	27 (100.0)	0.30
Muslim	0 (0)	1 (5.9)	0 (0)
Caste
Scheduled Caste^b	7 (53.9)	7 (41.2)	11 (40.7)
Scheduled Tribe^b	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (3.7)	0.79
Others	6 (46.2)	10 (58.8)	15 (55.6)
Below Poverty Level card^c
Yes	7 (53.9)	8 (47.1)	12 (44.4)	0.65
No	6 (46.2)	9 (52.9)	13 (48.2)
Do not know	0 (0.0)	0 (0)	2 (7.4)
Received Antenatal Care
Once	1 (25.0)	0 (0)	1 (6.7)
Twice	1 (25.0)	4 (44.4)	6 (40.0)	0.56
Three times or more	2 (50.0)	4 (44.4)	8 (53.3)
Do not know	0 (0)	1 (11.1)	0 (0)
Total	13 (100)	17 (100)	27 (100)

↵a P values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.
↵b “Scheduled Castes” and “Scheduled Tribes” are historically disadvantaged communities.
↵c Can be used to access all the welfare schemes provided by the Government of India.