Cluster-level, household-level and individual-level characteristics of the study sample
| Cluster-level characteristics | N=39 |
|---|---|
| Mean households per cluster (range) | 36 (8–47) |
| Number of clusters with active NGO activity (%) | 19 (49) |
| Mean cluster vulnerability score (SD) | 2.9 (1.6) |
| Mean distance in km to the Primary Urban Health Centre (SD) | 0.67 (0.32) |
| Total number of pharmacies | 21 |
| Clusters that have at least 1 pharmacy (%) | 13 (33) |
| Total clinics in study area | 41 |
| Clusters that have at least 1 clinic (%) | 30 (77) |
| Total number of anganwadis (government-run childcare centre) in 39 clusters | 48 |
| Clusters that have at least 1 anganwadi (%) | 35 (90) |
| Clusters that have at least 1 school (%) | 26 (67) |
| Household-level characteristics | N=1343 |
| Muslim households (%) | 205 (15.26) |
| Caste (%) | |
| Scheduled class/scheduled tribe | 543 (40.43) |
| Other backward class | 301 (22.41) |
| General | 499 (37.16) |
| Nuclear family (%) | 960 (71.48) |
| Mean family size (SD) | 5.4 (2.2) |
| Households with family size >5 (%) | 505 (37.6) |
| Possessing BPL card (%) | 13 (0.97) |
| Possessing Aadhar card (national identity card) (%) | 1030 (76.69) |
| Functional piped water facility within house (%) | 1101 (81.98) |
| Underground drainage (%) | 260 (19.36) |
| Living in Delhi for more than 10 years (%) | 1187 (88.38) |
| Living in same locality for more than 5 years (%) | 1115 (83.15) |
| Living in same house for equal/more than 3 years (%) | 971 (72.30) |
| Socioeconomic quintiles (%) | |
| 0 (poorest) | 243 (18.09) |
| 1 | 287 (21.37) |
| 2 | 266 (19.81) |
| 3 | 259 (19.29) |
| 4 (least poor) | 288 (21.44) |
| Participant-level characteristics | N=1343 |
| Male child (%) | 697 (51.90) |
| Mean birth order (SD) | 2.24 (1.23) |
| Per cent of first child | 423 (31.5) |
| Mean age of child in years (SD) | 2.38 (0.73) |
| Day care (%) | |
| Home | 1096 (81.61) |
| Anganwadi | 137 (10.20) |
| Preschool/creche | 110 (8.19) |
| Child born in Delhi (%) | 998 (74.31) |
| Born in a facility (%) | 864 (64.33) |
| Full term (%) | 1313 (97.77) |
| Birth weight known (%) | 708 (52.72) |
| Mean Birth weight in grams (SD) | 2689 (639) |
| Possession of birth certificate (%) | 1050 (78.18) |
| Mother | |
| Mean age in years (SD) | 26.42 (4.01) |
| Literate (%) | 1000 (74.46) |
| Employed (%) | 65 (4.84) |
| Father | |
| Literate (%) | 1208 (89.95) |
| Employed (%) | 1308 (97.39) |
| Type of facility visited in the event of child illness (%) | |
| Private clinic | 1084 (80.71) |
| Private hospital | 106 (7.89) |
| Public health post | 96 (7.15) |
| Government general hospital | 57 (4.24) |
BPL, below poverty line; NGO, non-governmental organisation.