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Table 2 Characteristics of MHC service utilization by respondents who had at least one delivery in the 3 years before the study, Kailahun District, 2020

From: Socio-economic determinants of maternal health care utilization in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone, 2020

Variable

Number (n = 554)

Percent(%)

At least one ANC from Skilled Provider

 No

124

22.4

 Yes

430

77.6

ANC Provider

 Traditional Birth Attendant

26

4.7

 MCHA

98

17.7

 Midwife

100

18.1

 Doctor

2

0.4

 Nurse

321

57.9

 CHO

7

1.3

Timing of First ANC

 Don’t Know

15

2.7

  < 4 months

302

54.5

 4–6 months

234

42.2

 7–9 months

3

0.5

Number of ANC visit

 Do not know

5

0.9

 Once

4

0.7

 2 times

11

2.0

 3 times

43

7.8

 4 or more

491

88.6

Skilled Delivery Attendant

 No

355

64.1

 Yes

199

35.9

Delivery Attendant

 TBA (health facility/ community)

23

4.2

 Nurse

13

2.3

 MCHA

319

57.6

 Midwife

177

31.9

 Doctor

22

4.0

Place of Delivery

 MCHP

58

10.5

 CHP

199

35.9

 CHC

198

35.7

 Hospital

75

13.5

 Private Facility

20

3.6

 Home

3

0.5

 Ambulance/Transit

1

0.2

Postnatal Care

 Yes

540

97.5

 No

14

2.5