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Table 5 Health belief model constructs for women’s utilization behavior of institutional delivery in Central Gondar zone, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021

From: The impact of perception on institutional delivery service utilization in Northwest Ethiopia: the health belief model

Constructs

Place of delivery

Total n (%)

Health facility n (%)

Home n (%)

Perceived susceptibility to birth complications if delivery takes place out of a health facility

Low

312 (43.9)

398 (56.1)

710 (51.12)

High

496 (73)

183 (27)

679 (48.88)

Perceived severity of bringing delivery out of health facility

Low

321 (44.8)

395 (55.2)

716 (51.55)

High

487 (72.4)

186 (27.6)

673 (48.45)

Perceived benefit of institutional delivery

Low

219 (38.6)

349 (61.4)

568 (40.89)

High

589 (71.7)

232 (28.3)

821 (59.11)

Perceived barrier of institutional delivery

Low

538 (72.3)

206 (27.7)

744 (53.56)

High

270 (41.9)

375 (58.1)

645 (46.44)

Self-efficacy for institutional delivery service use

Low

157 (40.1)

235 (59.9)

392 (28.22)

High

651 (65.3)

346 (34.7)

997 (71.78)

Cues to action for institutional delivery service use

Low

136 (36.2)

240 (68.2)

376 (27.07)

High

672 (66.3)

341 (33.7)

1013 (72.93)