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Birth Order Effects in Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior: Evidence from India

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  • Abhishek Dureja

    (Plaksha University)

  • Digvijay S. Negi

    (Ashoka University)

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Can maternal health-seeking behavior change with subsequent births? We find a 5 percentage point decline in the likelihood of a mother delivering her later born in an institutional facility compared to her first born. We also observe a 4 percentage point decline in medically supervised births for higher birth order children. These effects seem to be driven by changed risk perceptions associated with a complication free first child’s delivery and increased financial constraints. Improvements in roads and banking infrastructure attenuate this negative birth order gradient. Results highlight the importance of birth order as an important determinant of maternal health-seeking behavior.

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  • Abhishek Dureja & Digvijay S. Negi, 2024. "Birth Order Effects in Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior: Evidence from India," Working Papers 118, Ashoka University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:ash:wpaper:118
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