Longitudinal Assessment
health service consumption. In the given context, this study is an attempt to understand and establish the relationship between consumption status of women measured longitudinally for reproductive health services with socio-economic and other contextual variables. It tries to relate this with demographic transition by studying three Indian States at different level of demographic transition viz. Bihar, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra. The research was mainly secondary in nature. It included analysis of
data collected by International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and The Johns
Hopkins University (JHU) as a follow up study to the 1998-1999 National Family
Health Survey (NFHS-2). Sample consisted of 3666 women. Analysis is based on
composite index, cross tabulation and logistic regression analysis. The findings on
contextual differentials and determinants clearly reflect upon the relationship between
socio-economic inequality, regional imbalances and consumption of reproductive
health facilities.
