Table 7.
Factors influencing respondents’ utilization of health care services for delivery
| Variables |
n=314 |
|
|---|---|---|
| Yes (%) | No (%) | |
| Transportation costs | 29 (9.2) | 285 (90.8) |
| Healthcare costs | 45 (14.3) | 269 (85.7) |
| Unavailability of means of transportation | 14 (4.5) | 300 (95.5) |
| Distance from the house to health facility | 26 (8.3) | 288 (91.7) |
| Religious reasons | 3 (1.0) | 311 (99.0) |
| Previous uneventful delivery at health facility | 13 (4.1) | 301 (95.9) |
| Onset of labour at night | 43 (13.7) | 271 (86.3) |
| Fear of caesarean section | 20 (6.4) | 294 (93.6) |
| Lack of privacy | 38 (12.1) | 276 (87.9) |
| Unfriendly attitude of staff | 21 (6.7) | 293 (93.3) |
| Long waiting time | 24 (7.6) | 290 (92.4) |
| Cost of drugs | 26 (8.3) | 288 (91.7) |
| Shortage of staff | 22 (7.0) | 292 (93.0) |
| Lack of urgency at health facility | 15 (4.8) | 299 (95.2) |
| Lack of confidence in health care worker | 16 (5.1) | 298 (94.9) |
| Poor quality of treatment received | 17 (5.4) | 297 (94.6) |
| Absence of doctors | 16 (5.1) | 298 (94.9) |
| Neatness of health facility | 12 (3.8) | 302 (96.2) |
| Advice of friends and other relatives | 24 (7.6) | 290 (92.4) |
| Husband’s influence | 135 (43.0) | 179 (57.0) |
| Mother’s influence | 31 (9.9) | 283 (90.1) |
| Influence of mother-in-law | 10 (3.2) | 304 (96.8) |