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Table 1 Distribution of selected socio-demographic characteristics and postnatal care use across different types of facilities

From: Determinants of postnatal care use at health facilities in rural Tanzania: multilevel analysis of a household survey

 

Type of facility for PNC

No postnatal care (n = 1451)

 

Hospital (n = 44)

Health Center (n = 174)

Dispensary (n = 203)

 

Col %

95 % CI

Col %

95 % CI

Col %

95 % CI

Col %

95 % CI

Age

        

15–19

20.5 %

[10.6 %–35.8 %]

14.5 %

[9.9 %–20.6 %]

12.9 %

[9.1 %–17.8 %]

15.4 %

[13.5 %–17.5 %]

20–34

61.4 %

[44.7 %–75.7 %]

69.9 %

[63.1 %–76.0 %]

72.3 %

[67.1 %–76.9 %]

69.4 %

[66.4 %–72.2 %]

35–49

18.2 %

[10.6 %–29.4 %]

15.6 %

[11.4 %–21.0 %]

14.9 %

[10.4 %–20.7 %]

15.2 %

[12.9 %–17.8 %]

Birth order

        

First pregnancy

27.3 %

[15.4 %–43.6 %]

20.9 %

[15.8 %–27.2 %]

19.2 %

[14.4 %–25.2 %]

21.6 %

[19.4 %–24.0 %]

Second or higher

72.7 %

[56.4 %–84.6 %]

79.1 %

[72.8 %–84.2 %]

80.8 %

[74.8 %–85.6 %]

78.4 %

[76.0 %–80.6 %]

Education

        

Less than primary

29.5 %

[18.9 %–43.1 %]

28.3 %

[19.7 %–38.8 %]

35.5 %

[28.4 %–43.3 %]

39.8 %

[35.7 %–43.9 %]

Primary completed or higher

70.5 %

[56.9 %–81.1 %]

71.7 %

[61.2 %–80.3 %]

64.5 %

[56.7 %–71.6 %]

60.2 %

[56.1 %–64.3 %]

Wealth

        

Lowest

20.5 %

[10.8 %–35.3 %]

13.8 %

[7.2 %–24.8 %]

27.6 %

[19.9 %–36.9 %]

22.3 %

[18.1 %–27.0 %]

Second

18.2 %

[9.6 %–31.7 %]

19.0 %

[10.8 %–31.1 %]

15.8 %

[10.4 %–23.2 %]

18.7 %

[16.0 %–21.8 %]

Middle

18.2 %

[9.8 %–31.3 %]

20.7 %

[13.4 %–30.5 %]

19.7 %

[14.7 %–25.9 %]

20.1 %

[17.4 %–23.0 %]

Fourth

13.6 %

[5.4 %–30.4 %]

21.8 %

[12.9 %–34.5 %]

20.2 %

[14.6 %–27.3 %]

19.7 %

[16.9 %–22.9 %]

Highest

29.5 %

[17.5 %–45.3 %]

24.7 %

[15.1 %–37.8 %]

16.7 %

[11.1 %–24.6 %]

19.2 %

[14.7 %–24.8 %]

Place of Delivery

        

Hospital

77.3 %

[56.9 %–89.7 %]

10.9 %

[6.3 %–18.3 %]

11.4 %

[7.1 %–17.7 %]

20.1 %

[16.8 %–23.8 %]

Health Center

6.8 %

[2.2 %–19.1 %]

46.6 %

[27.5 %–66.6 %]

10.4 %

[6.1 %–17.1 %]

20.1 %

[15.5 %–25.6 %]

Dispensary

2.3 %

[0.3 %–15.1 %]

14.4 %

[5.4 %–32.8 %]

30.2 %

[20.7 %–41.7 %]

26.4 %

[21.8 %–31.7 %]

No delivery care

13.6 %

[5.7 %–29.3 %]

28.2 %

[13.8 %–49.0 %]

48.0 %

[36.4 %–59.8 %]

33.4 %

[26.4 %–41.3 %]

At least 4 ANC visits

59.1 %

[48.4 %–69.0 %]

71.9 %

[64.9 %–78.0 %]

69.3 %

[62.6 %–75.3 %]

64.2 %

[60.2 %–68.1 %]

Counseled for PNC by CHW

6.8 %

[2.3 %–18.6 %]

12.4 %

[7.8 %–19.3 %]

5.9 %

[2.5 %–13.6 %]

3.6 %

[2.4 %–5.5 %]

Districts

        

Morogoro DC

6.8 %

[2.2 %–19.4 %]

34.5 %

[13.7 %–63.6 %]

14.8 %

[5.2 %–35.3 %]

10.3 %

[5.2 %–19.5 %]

Mvomero

29.5 %

[13.5 %–52.9 %]

29.3 %

[9.2 %–62.8 %]

33.0 %

[17.1 %–54.0 %]

25.6 %

[16.1 %–38.3 %]

Kilosa

40.9 %

[22.2 %–62.7 %]

29.9 %

[12.0 %–57.1 %]

34.0 %

[20.1 %–51.3 %]

44.5 %

[31.7 %–58.0 %]

Ulanga

22.7 %

[9.7 %–44.7 %]

6.3 %

[1.5 %–23.3 %]

18.2 %

[7.1 %–39.3 %]

19.6 %

[10.9 %–32.5 %]

Distance

        

Facility in village

70.5 %

[47.9 %–86.1%]

34.5 %

[14.2 %–62.6 %]

70.9 %

[53.6 %–83.8 %]

62.6 %

[49.4 %–74.2 %]

1 to 5 KM

11.4 %

[3.8 %–29.4 %]

46.6 %

[21.3 %–73.7 %]

8.4 %

[3.2 %–20.0 %]

16.6 %

[9.0 %–28.5 %]

5 or more KM

18.2 %

[6.2 %–42.7 %]

19.0 %

[4.7 %–52.6 %]

20.7 %

[10.2 %–37.5 %]

20.7 %

[12.0 %–33.5 %]

  1. Column percentages are based on non – missing values. Data on place of PNC missing for 59 (3.1 %) of women