Fig 1.
Diagrammatic presentation of the hypothesised causal pathway.
Fig 2.
Percentage distribution of type of delivery of last birth during five years preceding the survey, NFHS-4.
Fig 3.
Percentage distribution of place of delivery and CS delivery of last birth during five years preceding the survey, NFHS-4.
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of women who had given last live birth at hospitals during the last five years preceding the survey, NFHS-4, India.
Fig 4.
Path analysis using generalised structural equation modelling.
Table 2.
Estimated path’s coefficients of exogenous and endogenous variables using generalised structural equation modelling.
Table 3.
Estimated direct effects, indirect effects and total effects of exogenous and endogenous variable on CS delivery.