Table 1.
Utilization of maternal health care services in Nepal with reference to selected predictors (figures in %)
| Predictors | 2006
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2011
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At least one ANC (n=4,182)
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Delivery assisted by SBA (n=5,783)
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At least one PNC (n=4,930)
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At least one ANC (n=4,079)
|
Delivery assisted by SBA (n=5,306)
|
At least PNC (n=4,079)
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| % | P-value | % | P-value | % | P-value | % | P-value | % | P-value | % | P-value | |
| Development regions | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| East | 77.5 | 17.9 | 12.9 | 86.7 | 38.2 | 42.3 | ||||||
| Central | 74.1 | 23.2 | 30.7 | 83.3 | 39.4 | 44.6 | ||||||
| West | 69.9 | 23.1 | 17.0 | 88.3 | 45.5 | 51.8 | ||||||
| Mid-west | 63.3 | 13.8 | 9.0 | 79.8 | 31.2 | 40.1 | ||||||
| Far-west | 70.2 | 12.4 | 7.4 | 88.3 | 31.8 | 42.6 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
| Ecological zones | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Mountain | 60.8 | 9.7 | 5.3 | 79.0 | 20.6 | 28.0 | ||||||
| Hill | 67.3 | 19.6 | 6.1 | 81.6 | 32.3 | 40.0 | ||||||
| Terai | 79.9 | 20.2 | 27.9 | 91 | 48.8 | 54.6 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
| Residences | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||||
| Urban | 85.5 | 40.7 | 13.8 | 93.1 | 67.7 | 68 | ||||||
| Rural | 68.1 | 11.9 | 16.3 | 82.7 | 28.7 | 37 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
| Education of respondent | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Illiterate | 61.2 | 8.0 | 15.2 | 74.4 | 18.7 | 25.4 | ||||||
| Primary | 80.5 | 18.1 | 12.4 | 87.3 | 34.3 | 41.7 | ||||||
| Secondary | 92.5 | 43.5 | 19.3 | 95.5 | 58.8 | 62.0 | ||||||
| ≥ SLC | 100 | 82.5 | 43.5 | 99.6 | 86.0 | 87.5 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
| Wealth quintile | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| Lowest | 50.2 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 69.3 | 12.7 | 19.4 | ||||||
| Second | 68.9 | 10.5 | 18.4 | 83.2 | 24.4 | 32.2 | ||||||
| Middle | 76.3 | 12.5 | 21.8 | 91.5 | 38.4 | 46.7 | ||||||
| Fourth | 84.9 | 23.7 | 22.3 | 94.4 | 57.1 | 60.7 | ||||||
| Highest | 93.5 | 58.4 | 20.4 | 97.4 | 82.4 | 80.3 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
| Age of respondent | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| <20 years | 82.9 | 27.9 | 14.1 | 92.8 | 51.1 | 52.6 | ||||||
| 20–34 years | 75.2 | 19.2 | 17 | 87.4 | 38.4 | 45.8 | ||||||
| ≥35 years | 49.8 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 65.1 | 17.5 | 25.8 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
| Birth order | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.01 | <0.001 | <0.001 | <0.001 | ||||||
| 1st | 84.3 | 33.3 | 17.8 | 94.6 | 55.4 | 61.7 | ||||||
| 2nd or 3rd | 75.6 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 87.9 | 33.7 | 43.4 | ||||||
| 4th or 5th | 64.2 | 7.1 | 16.0 | 75.1 | 18.6 | 25.1 | ||||||
| 6th or above | 45.2 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 52.7 | 10.0 | 15.8 | ||||||
| Total | 72.2 | 18.4 | 15.9 | 85.0 | 36.8 | 43.8 | ||||||
Abbreviations: ANC, antenatal care; SBA, skilled birth attendants; PNC, postnatal care; SLC, school leaving certificate.