Determinants of quit attempts among current Indian tobacco users: Findings from global Adult tobacco survey, 2016-17 by Varsha Nair, Sneha D. Mallya, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, Prashant Kumar Singh, Amit Yadav, Muralidhar M. Kulkarni

“…Individuals from scheduled caste and other backward classes had higher odds of making a quit attempt among current smokers. …”
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News, Public Policy, and Social Justice by Sunil Kumar

“…Editorials appearing in an Indian English language newspaper during the period of an intense public debate on the issue of affirmative action in favor of a section of the population, the Other Backward Classes (OBC) - a popular reference to the socially and educationally backward classes of citizens under India’s constitution constitute the sample for the study. …”
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Returns to education in India: Capturing the heterogeneity by Anuneeta Mitra

“…Average estimates were ignored, and the heterogeneity in rates of return was captured across the following disaggregations: (a) all India, public and private sectors, (b) gender, and caste groups (scheduled tribes [STs], scheduled castes [SCs], other backward classes, and others). The findings showcase that the rates of return increased with consecutive higher levels of education. …”
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The governmental ranking of class and the academic performance of Indian adolescents. by Roshin Kunnel John, Boby Xavier, Anja Waldmeier, Andrea Hans Meyer, Jens Gaab

“…In India, a major segment of the socioeconomic status of students comprises the governmental stratification of population into three broad classes, viz., scheduled castes/tribes (SC-ST), other backward classes (OBC) and general class (GC). In this study, we examined the association of these governmental classes with the academic performance of Indian adolescents who enjoy the same school environment. …”
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Patterns of Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services in Haryana, India by Sonal Katyal

“…Abbreviations: NFHS- National Family Health Survey; DHS- Demographic and Health Surveys; MDG- Millennium Development Goals; SC/ST-Scheduled caste/Scheduled tribe; WHO-World Health Organization; MOHFW- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; ANM – Auxiliary Nurse Midwife; VIF – Variance Inflation Factor; OBC- Other Backward Classes; ANC- Antenatal Care; TBA – Trained Birth Attendant…”
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Judicial discourse on India's affirmative action policies: the challenge and potential of sub-classification by Surendranath, A

“…The homogeneity (in backwardness) that is attached to beneficiary groups in differing degrees is challenged in the thesis using the examples of Scheduled Castes and Muslims within the Other Backward Classes category. The differences within beneficiary groups have great significance for the fairness of India’s reservation policies. …”

Ethnotribal growth differences among schoolchildren in a Northwestern Maharashtra district: An analytical cross-sectional study by Shyam Ashtekar, Manasi Shekhar Padhyegurjar, Jagdish Powar, Shekhar Bhikaji Padhyegurjar

“…Conclusions: ST students showed a significant growth disadvantage against general and other backward classes categories, although no intertribal anthropometry differences were observed.…”
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Uneven burden of multidimensional poverty in India: A caste based analysis. by Itishree Pradhan, Binayak Kandapan, Jalandhar Pradhan

“…There were three main findings in this study: (1) Scheduled Tribes (STs) are the most disadvantaged subgroup in India with remarkably high values of headcount (H = 0.444;), intensity (A = 0.486), and M0 (0.216), followed by Scheduled Castes (SCs) (H = 0.292; A = 0.473; M0 = 0.138), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) (H = 0.245; A = 0.465; M0 = 0.114); and Others category is the most privileged with very low values of H = 0.149, A = 0.463, and M0 = 0.069; (2) STs contribute nearly twice their population share for both H and M0, and the SCs contribution is also noticeably higher than their population share; (3) States located in the central and eastern regions of India have the higher H, A and M0 for all the social groups. …”
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Household out-of-pocket expenditure on health care - A cross-sectional study among urban and rural households, Puducherry by Uma Vasudevan, Sujiv Akkilagunta, Sitanshu S Kar

“…Results: In total, 120 rural and 120 urban households were surveyed; out of which, majority of the households were below poverty line [rural (83.3%, n = 100), urban (69.2%, n = 83)] and belonged to other backward classes [rural (60.8%, n = 73), urban (83.3%, n = 100)]. …”
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Assessing reduction in multidimensional childhood poverty in India: a decomposition analysis by Itishree Pradhan, Jalandhar Pradhan

“…The relative decline in MCPI has been largest for urban areas, northern regions, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Hindus. Children from rural areas, Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and Muslim households are the poor performers. …”
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Occurrence of Diarrheal Disease among Under-Five Children and Associated Sociodemographic and Household Environmental Factors: An Investigation Based on National Family Health Surv... by Jay Saha, Sabbir Mondal, Pradip Chouhan, Mulazim Hussain, Juan Yang, Asma Bibi

“…Children of the female sex, as well as children of scheduled tribes (ST) and other backward classes (OBC), were less likely to experience diarrhea. …”
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Determinants of maternity care services utilization among married adolescents in rural India. by Prashant Kumar Singh, Rajesh Kumar Rai, Manoj Alagarajan, Lucky Singh

“…Muslim women, and women belonged to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are less likely to avail safe delivery services. …”
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Epidemiology and Economic Burden of Continuing Challenge of Infectious Diseases in India: Analysis of Socio-Demographic Differentials by Bhed Ram, Ramna Thakur

“…The study found that people residing in rural areas, SCs followed by other backward classes (OBCs), illiterates, poor, and very poor are more dependent on borrowings, sale of assets, and other distressed sources of financing. …”
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Demographic and Geographic Distribution of Sickle Cell Disease in Gondia District of Central India; A Hospital Based Study by Dr. Pallavi Janrao Kamble1 , Dr. Sankalp Kumar Tripathi2 *

“…Schedule casts have highest number of patients followed by other backward classes and schedule tribes. Conclusion: Maximum number of sickle cell patients was from Gondia block followed by Arjuni Morgaon and Sadak Arjuni block. …”
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Key drivers of hysterectomy among women of reproductive age in three states in India: comparative evidence from NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 by Shri Kant Singh, Kirti Chauhan, Vrijesh Tripathi

“…It was found that older age, living in rural areas, belonging to other backward classes and higher wealth quintile, and higher parity positively contributed to the increased prevalence of hysterectomies in the three states. …”
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Role of socioeconomic markers and state prohibition policy in predicting alcohol consumption among men and women in India: a multilevel statistical analysis by S.V. Subramanian, Shailen Nandy, Michelle Irving, David Gordon, George Davey Smith

“…Members of scheduled tribes and castes and other backward classes were more likely to consume alcohol than members of other caste groups. …”
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The prevalence of frailty and its relationship with sociodemographic factors, regional healthcare disparities, and healthcare utilization in the aging population across India by Sunny Singhal, Sumitabh Singh, Gevesh Chand Dewangan, Sharmistha Dey, Joyita Banerjee, Jinkook Lee, Ashish Datt Upadhyaya, Peifeng Hu, Aparajit Ballav Dey

“…In the adjusted analysis, frailty was positively associated with age, female sex, rural locality, lower education level, and caste (scheduled caste and other backward classes). After adjusting for the socio‐economic profile, FI was inversely associated with the composite health index of a state (P < 0.001). …”
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“Health divide” between indigenous and non-indigenous populations in Kerala, India: Population based study by Haddad Slim, Mohindra Katia, Siekmans Kendra, Màk Geneviève, Narayana Delampady

“…Age- and sex-standardised prevalence of underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m²), anaemia, goitre, suspected tuberculosis and hypertension was compared across forward castes, other backward classes and tribal populations. Multi-level weighted logistic regression models were used to estimate the predicted prevalence of morbidity for each age and social group. …”
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Changing contours of sociality: youth, education, and generational relations in rural Gujarat, India by Patel, V

“…The thesis reflects on "the everyday" as a locus of social change and continuity, focusing on a first generation of formally educated young men and women from socioeconomically marginalized Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Caste, and Scheduled Tribe populations in rural Gujarat. …”

Association Between Solid Cooking Fuels and Respiratory Disease Across Socio-Demographic Groups in India by Mohammad A Faizan, Ramna Thakur

“…Among different socio-demographic groups, the dependence on solid fuels is highest among Scheduled Tribes (87.42%), followed by Scheduled Castes (74.78%) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) (a term used by the Indian government to categorize castes that face social or educational challenges) (64.47%). …”