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Table 3 Direct, indirect and total effects of dominants on use of maternal health services, Sichuan province, western China, 2014

From: Use of maternal health services among women in the ethnic rural areas of western China

Variables

Total effect

Direct effect

Indirect effect

ANC

HD&PSa

ANC

HD&PS

ANC

HD&PS

SESb

−0.41

−0.81

−0.36

−0.75

−0.05

−0.06

Knowledgec

0.12

0.02

0.12

–

–

0.02

Hospital qualityd

0.10

0.01

0.10

–

–

0.01

Travel timee

−0.13

− 0.11

− 0.13

− 0.09

–

− 0.02

ANC

–

0.13

–

0.13

–

–

  1. a, use of hospital delivery and postpartum visits; b, women’s socioeconomic status
  2. c, knowledge score on maternal care; d, perceived quality of hospital
  3. e, time from home to the nearest hospital with sufficient maternal health services