Table 4 Reasons for not delivering in a health facility among women who received antenatal care, Nigeria, 2013
From: Patterns and determinants of dropout from maternity care continuum in Nigeria
Variables | Cost too high | Facility not opened | Too far / No transport | Poor service | No female provider | Partner/family didn’t allow | Not necessary | Not customary | Sudden delivery | Attitude of personnel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maternal age at child birth (Years) | ||||||||||
< 18 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 18.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 30.4 | 8.5 | 40.2 | 0.1 |
18 - 34 | 9.0 | 2.3 | 14.8 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 8.2 | 33.1 | 9.0 | 38.3 | 0.2 |
> = 35 | 9.3 | 2.2 | 14.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 36.8 | 9.5 | 36.4 | 0.3 |
Birth order | ||||||||||
1 | 9.8 | 2.9 | 16.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 29.9 | 7.0 | 39.1 | 0.2 |
2 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 8.7 | 32.6 | 7.6 | 38.8 | 0.3 |
3 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 14.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 9.7 | 31.2 | 9.0 | 39.9 | 0.2 |
4+ | 8.9 | 2.2 | 15.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 7.0 | 35.4 | 10.0 | 37.2 | 0.2 |
Highest Education attained | ||||||||||
None | 7.2 | 2.0 | 16.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 36.2 | 11.3 | 36.2 | 0.0 |
Primary | 13.6 | 2.6 | 13.1 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 5.1 | 29.9 | 4.9 | 40.8 | 0.3 |
Secondary | 13.1 | 3.0 | 10.0 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 4.2 | 26.7 | 4.0 | 42.8 | 1.0 |
Higher | 2.8 | 3.8 | 8.5 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 20.8 | 4.7 | 56.6 | 0.0 |
Wealth index | ||||||||||
Poor | 8.5 | 2.4 | 18.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 9.2 | 35.6 | 11.0 | 34.8 | 0.0 |
Middle | 10.1 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 5.7 | 30.7 | 5.8 | 43.9 | 0.2 |
Rich | 10.0 | 2.3 | 7.5 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 5.3 | 29.4 | 5.7 | 44.1 | 0.9 |
Residence | ||||||||||
Urban | 8.8 | 1.1 | 8.0 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 5.7 | 28.6 | 6.5 | 47.0 | 0.6 |
Rural | 9.2 | 2.5 | 17.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 34.9 | 9.8 | 35.8 | 0.1 |
Region | ||||||||||
North Central | 12.0 | 1.0 | 15.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 31.7 | 2.1 | 46.6 | 0.0 |
North East | 10.4 | 4.9 | 21.8 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 20.6 | 4.7 | 54.1 | 0.1 |
North West | 4.0 | 0.6 | 11.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 43.2 | 13.9 | 31.7 | 0.0 |
South East | 17.1 | 2.8 | 19.9 | 3.9 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 16.3 | 2.8 | 39.6 | 0.0 |
South South | 29.0 | 4.6 | 15.4 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 23.5 | 2.7 | 25.0 | 1.5 |
South West | 13.0 | 6.7 | 22.0 | 9.1 | 1.0 | 15.9 | 21.8 | 8.6 | 34.8 | 1.1 |
Nigeria | 9.1 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 33.6 | 9.1 | 38.1 | 0.2 |
sample size | 1163 | 286 | 1931 | 180 | 67 | 1002 | 4290 | 1158 | 4867 | 27 |