Table 4 Association between Place of Antenatal Care and Selected Respondents’ Characteristics
From: Predictors of women’s utilization of primary health care for skilled pregnancy care in rural Nigeria
Characteristic | PHC facility | Other | Pearson Chi2/p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
LGA | |||
Esan South East | 39(26.9) | 12(40.0) | (1) = 2.0668 |
Etsako East | 106(73.1) | 18(60.0) | p = 0.151 |
Age | |||
16–30 | 108(74.5) | 24(80.0) | (1) = 0.4083 |
31–47 | 37(25.5) | 6(20.0) | p = 0.523 |
Level of education | |||
No education/primary | 89(61.4) | 11(36.7) | (1) = 6.1988 |
Secondary/higher | 56(38.6) | 19(63.3) | p = 0.013 |
Exposure to media | |||
High exposure | 37(25.5) | 10(33.3) | |
Moderate exposure | 65(44.8) | 15(50.0) | (2) = 2.2397 |
No exposure | 43(29.7) | 5(16.7) | p = 0.326 |
Religion | |||
Catholic | 32(22.2) | 12(40.0) | |
Other Christian | 74(51.4) | 13(43.3) | (2) = 4.3749 |
Islam | 38(26.4) | 5(16.7) | p = 0.112 |
Employment | |||
Not working | 55(37.9) | 7(23.3) | (1) = 2.3154 |
Working | 90(62.1) | 23(76.7) | p = 0.128 |
Marital status | |||
Married | 86(59.7) | 26(86.7) | (1) = 7.8589 |
Living together | 58(40.3) | 4(13.3) | p = 0.005 |
Age at marriage | |||
14–17 | 24(16.5) | 2(6.7) | |
18–24 | 100(69.0) | 23(76.7) | |
25–29 | 17(11.7) | 4(13.3) | (3) = 1.9270 |
30–39 | 4(2.8) | 1(3.3) | p = 0.588 |
Partner’s age | |||
18–29 | 41(28.3) | 6(20.0) | |
30–34 | 29(20.0) | 6(20.0) | |
35–39 | 28(19.3) | 7(23.3) | |
40–44 | 25(17.2) | 8(26.7) | (4) = 2.4716 |
45–82 | 22(15.2) | 3(10.0) | p = 0.650 |
Partner’s level of education | |||
None/primary | 36(24.8) | 5(16.7) | (1) = 0.9228 |
Secondary/higher | 109(75.2) | 25(83.3) | p = 0.337 |
Payment for respondents health care | |||
Husband alone/others | 120(82.8) | 29(96.7) | (1) = 3.8010 |
Respondent alone/with husband | 25(17.2) | 1(3.3) | p = 0.051 |
Autonomy | |||
Less | 72(49.7) | 12(40.0) | |
More | 34(23.4) | 10(33.3) | (2) = 1.4493 |
Much | 39(26.9) | 8(26.7) | p = 0.484 |
Number of living children | |||
0–2 | 56(53.9) | ||
3–4 | 28(26.9) | 15(65.2) | |
5+ | 20(19.2) | 4(17.4) | (2) = 1.1485 |
4(17.4) | p = 0.563 | ||
Spousal education difference | |||
Same but not none | 60(41.4) | 15(50.0) | |
Wife more | 6(4.1) | 2(6.7) | |
Husband more | 61(42.1) | 11(36.6) | (3) = 1.6735 |
Both none/either none | 18(12.4) | 2(6.7) | p = 0.643 |