Table 2 Maternal health service utilization according to sample characteristics
From: Maternal healthcare services use in Mwanza Region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional baseline survey
Background characteristics | Total (N = 409) | Antenatal care (4+) (n = 234) | Health facility delivery (n = 314) | Postpartum check-up (n = 178) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | ||
District of residence |  | < 0.0001 |  | < 0.0001 |  | 0.005 | |
 Urban | 165 | 115 (69.7) |  | 149 (90.3) |  | 71 (43.0) |  |
 Peri-urban | 142 | 73 (51.4) |  | 105 (73.9) |  | 76 (53.5) |  |
 Rural | 68 | 33 (48.5) |  | 48 (70.6) |  | 20 (29.4) |  |
 Island | 34 | 13 (38.2) |  | 12 (35.3) |  | 11 (32.4) |  |
Age group, years | Â | 0.487 | Â | 0.351 | Â | 0.195 | |
 15–19 | 34 | 18 (52.9) |  | 30 (88.2) |  | 16 (47.1) |  |
 20–29 | 214 | 124 (57.9) |  | 164 (76.6) |  | 83 (38.8) |  |
 30–39 | 134 | 80 (59.7) |  | 101 (75.4) |  | 64 (47.8) |  |
 40–49 | 27 | 12 (44.4) |  | 19 (70.4) |  | 15 (55.6) |  |
Marital status | Â | 0.297 | Â | 0.935 | Â | 0.008 | |
 Married/in-union | 352 | 205 (58.2) |  | 270 (76.7) |  | 144 (40.9) |  |
 Not in-union | 57 | 29 (50.9) |  | 44 (77.2) |  | 34 (59.6) |  |
Level of education |  | 0.001 |  | < 0.0001 |  | 0.583 | |
 Primary and below | 329 | 175 (53.2) |  | 239 (72.6) |  | 141 (42.9) |  |
 Secondary and above | 80 | 59 (73.8) |  | 75 (93.8) |  | 37 (46.3) |  |
Wealth quintile | Â | 0.033 | Â | 0.361 | Â | 0.116 | |
 Poorest | 94 | 61 (64.9) |  | 71 (75.5) |  | 51 (54.3) |  |
 Poor | 116 | 61 (52.6) |  | 95 (81.9) |  | 50 (43.1) |  |
 Middle | 62 | 32 (51.6) |  | 46 (74.2) |  | 25 (40.3) |  |
 Rich | 89 | 45 (50.6) |  | 63 (70.8) |  | 31 (34.8) |  |
 Richest | 48 | 35 (72.9) |  | 39 (81.3) |  | 21 (43.8) |  |
ANC initial visit, trimester |  | < 0.0001 |  | 0.007 |  | 0.388 | |
 First | 95 | 74 (77.9) |  | 83 (87.4) |  | 41 (43.2) |  |
 Second | 265 | 159 (60.0) |  | 199 (75.1) |  | 120 (45.3) |  |
 Third/None | 49 | 1 (2.0) |  | 32 (65.3) |  | 17 (34.7) |  |
Pregnancy wanted at that time | 0.474 | Â | 0.021 | Â | 0.424 | ||
 Yes | 193 | 114 (59.1) |  | 158 (81.9) |  | 88 (45.6) |  |
 No | 216 | 120 (55.6) |  | 156 (72.2) |  | 90 (41.7) |  |
Place of delivery |  | 0.048 |  |  |  | < 0.0001 | |
 Home/on the way | 95 | 46 (48.4) |  | n/a |  | 26 (27.4) |  |
 Health sector | 314 | 188 (59.9) |  | n/a |  | 152 (48.4) |  |