Table 2 Percent distribution of reasons for using a PHC facility for antenatal and delivery - Number of responses (%)
From: Predictors of women’s utilization of primary health care for skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria
Antenatal care | Delivery care | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reason | All | Esan South East LGA | Etsako East LGA | All | Esan South East LGA | Etsako East LGA |
(n = 533) | (n = 157) | (n = 376) | (n = 2294) | (n = 1303) | (n = 991) | |
Cost not too much | 79(14.8) | 24(15.3) | 55(14.6) | 386(16.8) | 228(17.5) | 158(15.9) |
No charges | 3(0.6) | 2(1.3) | 1(0.3) | 20(0.9) | 16(1.2) | 4(0.4) |
Facility is always open | 43(8.1) | 17(10.8) | 26(6.9) | 236(10.3) | 161(12.4) | 75(7.6) |
Provider are available | 75(14.1) | 24(15.3) | 51(13.6) | 375(16.3) | 220(16.9) | 155(15.6) |
Facility Not far from my house | 145(27.2) | 31(19.7) | 114(30.3) | 465(20.3) | 208(16.0) | 257(25.9) |
Good quality service | 106(19.9) | 37(23.6) | 69(18.4) | 451(19.7) | 259(19.9) | 192(19.4) |
Husband wanted it | 54(10.1) | 11(7.0) | 43(11.4) | 193(8.4) | 96(7.4) | 97(9.8) |
Family wanted it | 7(1.3) | 5(3.2) | 2(0.5) | 63(2.7) | 51(3.9) | 12(1.2) |
Adequate security | 5(0.9) | 5(3.2) | 0(0.0) | 43(1.9) | 37(2.8) | 6(0.6) |
Baby’s health/safety | 7(1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7(1.9) | 14(0.6) | 0(0.0) | 14(1.4) |
No other facility | – | – | – | 10(0.4) | 9(0.7) | 1(0.1) |
a Other | 9(1.7) | 1(0.6) | 8(2.1) | 38(1.7) | 18(1.4) | 20(2.0) |
Test of proportions | p = 0.0000 | p = 0.0070 | ||||