An assessment of maternal health status of women in Uttar Pradesh: A comparative study Kumar Ajay, Research Scholar, Singh Monika, Research Scholar, Verma N.M.P., Professor Department of Economics, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow-226025, India Online published on 10 February, 2012. Abstract In Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, maternal health status is poor. The objective of present study is to make a comparative study of East and West Uttar Pradesh with respect to maternal health indicators i.e. anti-natal care, natal care and post-natal care. Simple Random Sampling method was followed for primary data survey of the study. Total sample size is 200. 100 samples are collected from each district of eastern and western Uttar Pradesh separately. One block was selected from each district. Further two villages were selected from one district on the basis of random sampling method. Results suggest that major difference is found regarding anti-natal, natal and post-natal care of respondent women of both the districts. The basic problem coming up with Eastern U.P. is lack of basic infrastructure in Health Sector, whether govt. or private or others. In the absence of these facilities, it is worthless to think of improvement in the health status of women in the region and chasing of millennium development goals is simply contemptible. Top Keywords Health, Anti-natal care, Natal Care, Post-natal care. Top |