Direct and indirect effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on antenatal care and institutional delivery

Pallikadavath, S; Rahman, MM

Abstract

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) provides conditional cash incentives to eligible pregnant women in India so that they can take at least three antenatal care services including tetanus injection and iron-folic acid, to deliver their babies in health institutions, and to take at least one postnatal service for them and their neonatal babies. We examine its effects on antenatal care and the institutional delivery. We also decompose effects into direct and indirect categories, deriving parameters from the theoretical model, then estimating them using several regression methods including the propensity score matching. We use the fourth round of the District Level Household Survey (DLHS), which has an advantage over the previous waves of DLHS.

Citation

Pallikadavath, S., & Rahman, M. (2019). Direct and indirect effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on antenatal care and institutional delivery. https://doi.org/10.31579/2642-9756/006

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 1, 2019
• Publication Date: Feb 27, 2019
• Deposit Date: Mar 21, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 21, 2023
• Journal: Journal of Women Health Care And Issues
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.31579/2642-9756/006
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.31579/2642-9756/006
• Additional Information: Funders : Medical Research Council (MRC), UK; Grant Number: MR/N006267/1