Table 2 Percentage distribution of respondents by selected background variables, and utilization of maternal health services in Uganda in 2011
From: Determinants of maternal health services utilization in Uganda
Variable/category | Type of services package utilized | Number | Significance (p) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Desirable | Moderate | Un-desirable | |||
Education Level | |||||
None | 95.3 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 217 | |
Primary | 93.1 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 1,132 | 0.00 |
Secondary + | 84.1 | 9.2 | 6.8 | 414 | |
Region | |||||
Kampala | 74.9 | 11.4 | 13.7 | 107 | |
Central | 92.1 | 5.2 | 2.7 | 374 | |
Eastern | 90.5 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 483 | 0.00 |
Northern | 91.9 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 313 | |
Western | 94.6 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 487 | |
Religion | |||||
Catholic | 91.3 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 739 | |
Protestant | 91.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 755 | 0.08 |
Muslim | 92.4 | 5.8 | 1.9 | 216 | |
All others | 86.5 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 54 | |
Age group | |||||
15-19 | 89.0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 212 | |
20-34 | 91.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 1,287 | 0.53 |
35-49 | 93.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 265 | |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 81.2 | 8.3 | 10.5 | 268 | 0.00 |
Rural | 93.1 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1495 | |
Wealth Index | |||||
Poor | 93.9 | 1.8 | 4.3 | 762 | 0.00 |
Middle | 92.9 | 2.4 | 4.7 | 363 | |
Rich | 87.3 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 639 | |
Marital Status | |||||
Never married | 81.9 | 3.0 | 15.1 | 81.9 | |
Currently married | 91.7 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 91.7 | 0.00 |
Formerly married | 92.8 | 1.1 | 6.2 | 92.8 | |
Parity | |||||
1-3 | 89.4 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 89.4 | |
4-6 | 93.2 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 93.2 | 0.08 |
7+ | 92.9 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 92.9 | |
Distance to health facility | |||||
Big problem | 94.1 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 94.1 | 0.00 |
Not a problem | 89.0 | 4.9 | 6.1 | 89.0 | |
Visited health facility in past year | |||||
Did not visit | 95.6 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 95.6 | 0.01 |
Visited facility | 90.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 | 90.3 | |