Table 4. Factors affecting postpartum health care service utilization in the Philippines.

	Total N	Utilization (+)c	Utilization (−)d	P-value
		n (%)	n (%)
Delivery location
Health Center	20	13 (65.0)	7 (35.0)	.007*
Hospital or clinic	32	24 (75.0)	8 (25.0)
Home	10	2 (20.0)	8 (80.0)
Health insurance				0.335
Have	11	8 (72.7)	3 (27.3)
Do not have	44	25 (56.8)	19 (43.2)
Age (years)
<20	11	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)	0.219
21–34	41	22 (53.7)	19 (46.3)
>35	9	6 (66.7)	3 (33.3)
Number of family members
<4	22	15 (68.2)	7 (31.8)	0.325
>5	38	21 (55.3)	17 (44.7)
Annual family income (php)
<100,000	29	19 (65.5)	10 (34.5)	0.431
>100,001	15	8 (53.3)	7 (46.7)
Past delivery history
Primiparous	28	18 (64.3)	10 (35.7)	0.728
Multiparous	35	21 (60.0)	14 (40.0)
Number of HS-pre a
<4	17	11 (64.7)	6 (35.3)	0.822
>5	39	24 (61.5)	15 (38.5)
Time of first HS-pre visit (weeks of pregnancy)
<27	27	15 (55.6)	12 (44.4)	0.147
>28	24	18 (75.0)	6 (25.0)
Difficulty receiving HS-pre
Yes	10	7 (70.0)	3 (30.0)	0.612
No	52	32 (61.5)	20 (38.5)
Possession of MCH b
Have	22	15 (68.2)	7 (31.8)	0.795
Do not have	37	24 (64.9)	13 (35.1)
Place MCH was obtained
Hospital or clinic	6	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)	0.67
Health center	12	8 (66.7)	4 (33.3)
Other	5	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)
Family childrearing support
Yes	56	34 (60.7)	22 (39.3)	0.424
No	1	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)

Significant (P<0.01).

^a HS-pre: Health care services during pregnancy,

^b MCH: Maternal and Child Health Handbook.

^c Utilization (+): Postpartum women who utilized one or more postpartum health care services.

^d Utilization (−): Postpartum women who had no utilization of postpartum health care services.