Title: Examining the unfair concentration of non-institutional deliveries among poor households
in India: A study of predictors and wealth-based inequality
Version: 1 Date: 15 Jul 2023
Reviewer:  Arvind Kumar Yadav
Reviewer's report:
This study titled “Examining the unfair concentration of non-institutional deliveries among poor
households in India: A study of predictors and wealth-based inequality” tried to address some
important issues. However, there are few lacunas which needs to address before publication.
1. In your study, you have highlighted that non – institutional delivery decreased in last 15 years.
It will be better if you plot figure by taking NFHS data of different rounds.
2. This study claimed that “every day about 810 women die from pregnancy related causes.
What is the source of this figure.
3. This study mentioned that India contributes 12% of global maternal deaths annually. Check
this figure, it is 20%.
4. There are several studies related which have already conducted in this filed. What is the
nobility of your study?
5. You have mentioned infrastructural variables in your study. What are these? Clarify it.
6. You have highlighted that the entire NFHS -5 data set contains a total observation of
12,74,250. Check this figure.
7. Did you take weightages during your analysis. If you did not then why?
8. Why did you apply logit model not Probit model?
9. This study has analyzed wealth-based inequality and in the next part this study mentioned
socioeconomic inequality. Which social factors you did include during your analysis. Clarify it.
10.  This study has quoted that “A significant tribal population (ST) are converted Christians
in India”. What is the source?
11. You have used a number of predictors in your analysis. It may be correlated. Check
multicollinearity among variables.
12. You have plotted CI in figure 3. It seems that it is not based on actual data set. Use actual
data set to plot the figure.
13. You have ignored the important aspects of this study. Highlight the factors which are
increasing the gap and narrowing the gap in ID.
14. You did not include important studies in your literature, which are based on strong theoretical
and methodological background. You can include the following study:
Yadav, A. K., Sahni, B., & Jena, P. K. (2021). Education, employment, economic status and
empowerment: Implications for maternal health care services utilization in India. Journal of
Public Affairs, 21(3), e2259.
Yadav, A. K., & Jena, P. K. (2020). Maternal health outcomes of socially marginalized groups
in India. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 33(2), 172-188.
Yadav, A. K., Sahni, B., Jena, P. K., Kumar, D., & Bala, K. (2020). Trends, differentials, and
social determinants of maternal health care services utilization in rural India: an analysis from
pooled data. Women's Health Reports, 1(1), 179-189.
Yadav, A. K., Jena, P. K., Sahni, B., & Mukhopadhyay, D. (2021). Comparative study on
maternal healthcare services utilisation in selected empowered action group states of India.
Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(6), 1948-1959.
Yadav, A. K., & Jena, P. K. (2022). Explaining changing patterns and inequalities in maternal
healthcare services utilization in India. Journal of Public Affairs, 22(3), e2570.