Table 1 Trends of sterilization regret among ever-married women in India and number of sterilized women by background variables, NFHS, 1992–2016
From: Sterilization regret in India: Is quality of care a matter of concern?
|  | NFHS-I(1992–1993) | NFHS-III(2005–2006) | NFHS-IV (2015–2016) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Background variables | Percent regret | Total No. of sterilized women | Percent regret | Total No. of sterilized women | Percent regret | Total No. of sterilized women |
Regions | ||||||
 Classified by TFR more than 2.1 | 7.8 | 2517 | 4.5 | 15,831 | 6.4 | 73,320 |
 Classified by TFR less than or equal to 2.1 | 5.1 | 19,910 | 4.3 | 16,688 | 7.1 | 91,956 |
Place Of residence | ||||||
 Urban | 4.0 | 7286 | 4.6 | 14,260 | 6.9 | 45,152 |
 Rural | 5.8 | 15,141 | 4.3 | 18,259 | 6.9 | 1,20,124 |
Caste | ||||||
 Scheduled Caste/Tribe | 5.8 | 4713 | 4.3 | 9344 | 6.8 | 57,211 |
 Others | 5.2 | 17,714 | 4.3 | 22,507 | 6.9 | 1,04,126 |
Religion | ||||||
 Hindu | 5.3 | 20,172 | 4.2 | 26,608 | 6.8 | 1,41,044 |
 Muslim | 8.0 | 1212 | 6.4 | 2784 | 8.6 | 11,230 |
 Others | 2.5 | 1043 | 4.1 | 3127 | 6.0 | 13,002 |
Educational | ||||||
 No Education | 5.7 | 12,084 | 4.3 | 14,406 | 6.6 | 71,249 |
 Primary | 6.0 | 5035 | 4.0 | 6063 | 6.8 | 28,584 |
 Secondary | 3.4 | 4808 | 4.8 | 10,689 | 7.3 | 58,584 |
 Higher | 4.0 | 500 | 4.8 | 1361 | 7.0 | 6859 |
Wealth index | ||||||
 Poorest | 8.0 | 2555 | 4.3 | 3417 | 6.6 | 29,245 |
 Poorer | 7.7 | 3025 | 4.2 | 4964 | 7.1 | 35,259 |
 Middle | 5.5 | 4572 | 4.3 | 6822 | 7.0 | 37,205 |
 Richer | 4.3 | 6122 | 4.5 | 8538 | 7.1 | 34,570 |
 Richest | 2.9 | 6153 | 4.6 | 8778 | 6.6 | 28,997 |
Sex composition | ||||||
 No Male | 14.2 | 961 | 8.0 | 2144 | 10.7 | 9876 |
 1 Male | 15.8 | 463 | 7.4 | 1292 | 9.7 | 8171 |
 2+ Male | 6.1 | 3229 | 4.8 | 5248 | 7.8 | 30,047 |
 Both Male And Female | 4.2 | 17,752 | 3.8 | 23,806 | 6.0 | 1,16,910 |
Age at sterilization | ||||||
  < 29 | 5.5 | 15,806 | 4.6 | 25,562 | 7.1 | 1,23,830 |
 30–39 | 4.4 | 6281 | 3.7 | 6746 | 6.4 | 38,890 |
 40+ | 6.9 | 340 | 4.7 | 211 | 7.9 | 2556 |
Parity at sterilization | ||||||
 Less Than 2 | 17.6 | 196 | 8.8 | 430 | 11.4 | 4720 |
 More than 2 | 5.2 | 22,910 | 4.3 | 36,281 | 6.7 | 178,088 |
Year since sterilization | ||||||
 Less Than 2 | 5.3 | 6503 | 3.6 | 6961 | 6.7 | 31,075 |
 2–3 | 5.9 | 6929 | 4.8 | 7098 | 7.2 | 36,319 |
 More than 3 | 4.8 | 8995 | 4.5 | 18,460 | 6.9 | 97,882 |
Child loss post sterilization | ||||||
 No Loss | 0.0 | 22,601 | 4.4 | 32,480 | 6.9 | 1,65,039 |
 Male loss | 0.0 | 4 | 10.8 | 15 | 12.6 | 154 |
 Female Loss | 0.0 | 2 | 3.3 | 24 | 20.1 | 83 |
Quality of care | ||||||
 Very Good | 4.1 | 11,656 | 4.7 | 16,908 | 7.8 | 78,891 |
 All Right | 5.6 | 9158 | 3.6 | 14,229 | 5.6 | 79,403 |
 Not so good | 11.7 | 1312 | 7.0 | 1226 | 9.5 | 6201 |
 Bad | 13.5 | 481 | 13.0 | 156 | 20.2 | 781 |
Type Of health facility | ||||||
 Public | 5.4 | 19,717 | 4.3 | 27,097 | 6.9 | 1,42,507 |
 Private | 4.2 | 2710 | 4.8 | 5422 | 6.8 | 22,769 |
Total | 5.3 | 22,607 | 4.4 | 32,519 | 6.9 | 1,65,276 |