Increasing trend of C-section deliveries in India: A comparative analysis between southern states and rest of India.

Objective: To examine the socio-demographic variations in overwhelming existence of C-section deliveries in south India, with a comparison to rest of India.

Methods: This study analyses data collected from 51,136 mothers under National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-3 (2005-06) and 2,52,183 mothers under NFHS-4 (2015-16), those who have given births during last five years preceding the survey.

Main Outcome Measures: Descriptive statistics, bivariate analysis with Chi-squared tests and binary logistic regression models with 95% confidence intervals are used.

Is unintended birth associated with physical intimate partner violence? Evidence from India.

A growing number of studies have tested the association between intimate partner violence (IPV) and the unintendedness of pregnancy or birth, and most have suggested that unintendedness of pregnancy is a cause of IPV. However, about nine in every ten women face violence after delivering their first baby. This study examined the effects of the intendedness of births on physical IPV using data from the National Family Health Survey (2015-16).