Determining factors of institutional delivery in India: A study from National Family Health Survey-4 (2015–16)

Abstract Objective The present study focuses on the different determining factors of institutional delivery among the women (last birth women who had at least one live birth preceding five years of the survey) aged 15–49 years in India. Method The entire study based on secondary data which was collected from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 conducted in 2015–16. Binary (0, 1) logistic regression has been performed for the proper depiction of the results. Results The results shows that there were a number of determining factors of place of delivery in India and the result of binary logistic regression shows that there was a huge difference in the likelihood of deliver at institution among the ever-married women i.e. middle aged (25–34 years) women were more likely [AOR:1.127, 95% CI:1.034–1.229, p  Conclusion Major findings of the present study have policy implications for reducing the resistances to delivering in the institution among the women of India which will reduce the maternal and infant mortality in India.