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Table 2 Use and inequality of health care services in Ethiopia

From: Selling my sheep to pay for medicines – household priorities and coping strategies in a setting without universal health coverage

Background characteristics

Delivery in a health facility (%)

Postnatal checkup in the first two days after birth (%)

National average

26

17

Average by wealth quintile

 Highest quintile

65

41

 Lowest quintile

12

9

Average by residence

 Urban

79

45

 Rural

19

13

Average by mother’s education

 Mother more than secondary education

92

54

 Mother no education

16

9

  1. Data from the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 2016 [18]