Table 1 Maternal healthcare utilization in Nigeria by mother’s characteristics and geographic regions (2003–2018)
2003 | 2008 | 2013 | 2018 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ANC | FBD | SBA | ANC | FBD | SBA | ANC | FBD | SBA | ANC | FBD | SBA | |
Age of women | ||||||||||||
15–24 | 458(25.7) | 436(22.8) | 483(23.2) | 1712(21.4) | 1783(19.3) | 1974(19.6) | 2339(22.7) | 2292(20.9) | 2427(20.6) | 2708(22.3) | 2570(19.6) | 2785(19.3) |
25–34 | 852(47.9) | 1052(55.1) | 1120(53.8) | 4167(52.1) | 5203(56.2) | 5645(56.0) | 5116(49.7) | 5881(53.7) | 6360(54.1) | 6047(49.8) | 7138(53.4) | 7896(54.7) |
35–49 | 469(26.4) | 421(22.1) | 481(23.1) | 2123(26.5) | 2264(24.5) | 2457(24.4) | 2838(27.6) | 2778(25.4) | 2978(25.3) | 3394(27.9) | 3421(26.0) | 3743(26.0) |
Education level | ||||||||||||
No formal education | 477(27.0) | 312(16.4) | 390(18.7) | 1820(22.8) | 1229(13.3) | 1452(14.4) | 2660(25.8) | 1702(15.4) | 17,794(15.3) | 3346(27.5) | 2171(16.5) | 2282(15.8) |
Primary | 522(29.5) | 564(30.0) | 618(29.6) | 2178(27.2) | 2405(26.0) | 2655(26.4) | 2344(22.8) | 2454(22.4) | 2639(22.4) | 1994(16.4) | 2019(15.4) | 2289(15.9) |
Secondary | 648(36.6) | 853(44.7) | 893(42.9) | 3126(39.1) | 4345(47.0) | 4660(46.3) | 4164(40.5) | 5196(47.4) | 5686(48.3) | 5125(42.2) | 6543(49.8) | 7311(50.7) |
Tertiary | 123(7.0) | 180(9.4) | 183(8.8) | 878(11.0) | 1270(13.7) | 1309(13.0) | 1125(10.9) | 1599(14.6) | 1647(14.0) | 1683(13.9) | 2395(18.3) | 2543(17.6) |
Marital status | ||||||||||||
Never married | 63(3.6) | 75(3.9) | 75(3.6) | 198(2.5) | 172(1.9) | 193(1.9) | 299(2.9) | 241(2.2) | 262(2.2) | 290(2.4) | 299(2.3) | 337(2.3) |
Married | 1553(87.7) | 1663(87.1) | 1827(87.7) | 7364(92.0) | 8614(93.1) | 9342(92.7) | 9276(90.1) | 9988(91.2) | 10,702(91.0) | 10,956(90.2) | 11,872(90.4) | 12,998(90.1) |
Others | 154(8.7) | 171(9.0) | 181(8.7) | 440(5.5) | 464(5.0) | 540(5.4) | 718(7.0) | 723(6.6) | 802(6.8) | 902(7.4) | 958(7.3) | 1089(7.6) |
Work status | ||||||||||||
Not working | 505(28.6) | 550(28.9) | 606(29.2) | 2092(26.3) | 2191(23.8) | 2292(25.5) | 2542(24.8) | 2533(23.3) | 2756(23.6) | 3081(25.4) | 3022(23.0) | 3322(23.0) |
working | 1262(71.4) | 1352(71.1) | 1470(70.8) | 5870(73.7) | 7009(76.2) | 6688(74.5) | 7705(75.2) | 8356(76.7) | 8944(76.4) | 9067(74.6) | 10,107(77.0) | 11,103(77.0) |
Religion | ||||||||||||
Christian | 933(52.7) | 1227(64.3) | 1301(62.5) | 4679(58.8) | 6308(68.6) | 6818(68.0) | 5409(53.0) | 6921(63.9) | 7447(64.0) | 6013(49.7) | 7878(60.3) | 8734(60.8) |
Muslim | 817(46.2) | 663(34.8) | 764(36.7) | 3183(40.0) | 2827(30.7) | 3132(31.2) | 4726(46.3) | 3850(35.5) | 4128(35.5) | 6055(50.1) | 5174(39.6) | 5613(39.1) |
Other | 19(1.1) | 18(0.9) | 17(0.8) | 89(1.1) | 67(0.7) | 75(0.8) | 70(0.7) | 63(0.6) | 59(0.5) | 29(0.2) | 24(0.2) | 27(0.2) |
Place of residence | ||||||||||||
Urban | 774(43.7) | 920(48.2) | 1003(48.1) | 3672(46.0) | 4756(51.5) | 5087(50.6) | 5295(51.9) | 6521(60.1) | 7140(61.4) | 6184(51.1) | 7756(59.3) | 8562(59.6) |
Rural | 996(56.3) | 988(51.8) | 1080(51.9) | 4318(54.0) | 4477(48.5) | 4970(49.4) | 4909(48.1) | 4313(39.8) | 4495(38.6) | 5913(48.9) | 5320(40.7) | 5813(40.4) |
Wealth index | ||||||||||||
poorest | 191(10.8) | 153(8.0) | 155(7.4) | 653(8.2) | 469(5.1) | 531(5.3) | 829(8.1) | 422(3.9) | 406(3.5) | 1430(11.8) | 868(6.6) | 880(6.1) |
Poorer | 255(12.7) | 208(10.9) | 233(11.2) | 1147(14.4) | 916(9.9) | 1052(10.5) | 1565(15.3) | 1212(11.2) | 1238(10.6) | 2039(16.9) | 1616(12.4) | 1694(11.8) |
Middle | 345(19.5) | 297(15.5) | 315(15.1) | 1637(20.5) | 1653(17.9) | 1837(18.3) | 2185(21.4) | 2127(19.6) | 2312(19.9) | 2632(21.8) | 2783(21.3) | 3151(21.9) |
Richer | 450(25.5) | 482(25.2) | 560(26.9) | 2078(26.0) | 2596(28.1) | 2869(28.5) | 2620(25.7) | 3066(28.3) | 3364(28.9) | 2882(23.8) | 3586(27.4) | 4040(28.1) |
Richest | 559(31.6) | 769(40.3) | 821(39.4) | 2474(31.0) | 3600(39.0) | 3769(37.5) | 3006(29.5) | 4007(37.0) | 4315(37.1) | 3114(25.7) | 4223(32.3) | 4611(32.1) |
Geopolitical zones | ||||||||||||
North-central | 307(17.4) | 388(20.3) | 423(20.3) | 1270(15.9) | 1560(16.9) | 1614(16.1) | 1553(15.2) | 1882(17.4) | 1938(16.7) | 1620(13.4) | 2244(17.2) | 2352(16.4) |
North-east | 268(15.2) | 239(12.5) | 281(13.5) | 932(11.7) | 596(6.5) | 718(7.1) | 1305(12.8) | 1045(9.7) | 1074(9.2) | 1690(14.0) | 1562(12.0) | 1547(10.8) |
North-west | 367(20.7) | 215(11.2) | 257(12.3) | 1154(14.5) | 679(7.4) | 786(7.8) | 2214(21.7) | 1322(12.2) | 1430(12.3) | 3213(26.6) | 1936(14.8) | 2301(16.0) |
south-east | 153(8.6) | 276(14.5) | 289(13.9) | 985(12.3) | 1789(19.4) | 1924(19.1) | 1381(13.5) | 2104(19.4) | 2237(19.2) | 1752(14.5) | 2758(21.1) | 2898(20.2) |
South-south | 354(20.0) | 402(21.0) | 425(20.4) | 1250(15.7) | 1545(16.7) | 1780(17.7) | 1216(11.9) | 1333(12.3) | 1670(12.6) | 1299(10.7) | 1406(10.8) | 1807(12.6) |
South-west | 321(18.1) | 390(20.4) | 409(19.6) | 2398(30.0) | 3064(33.2) | 3235(32.2) | 2537(24.9) | 3147(29.1) | 3487(30.0) | 2524(20.9) | 3170(24.2) | 3470(24.1) |