From: Determinants of postnatal care non-utilization among women in Nigeria
Characteristics | Total N = 19,418 | No PNC N = 12,156 | Some level of PNC N = 6417 | Appropriate PNC N = 845 |
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Mothers age at child birth | ||||
15–24 | 37.06 | 39.14 | 32.87 | 37.62 |
25–34 | 44.35 | 41.98 | 49.25 | 46.96 |
35+ | 18.41 | 18.88 | 17.87 | 15.41 |
Pregnancy wantedness | ||||
Then | 90.26 | 92.88 | 85.93 | 83.93 |
Later | 7.59 | 5.57 | 10.84 | 13.18 |
No more | 2.14 | 1.55 | 3.23 | 2.88 |
Education | ||||
No education | 47.85 | 61.27 | 24.17 | 26.57 |
Primary | 18.92 | 17.17 | 21.95 | 22.19 |
Secondary and higher | 33.23 | 21.56 | 53.88 | 51.24 |
Marital status | ||||
Never married | 2.11 | 1.57 | 2.82 | 4.85 |
Currently married | 94.88 | 96.85 | 93.44 | 91.39 |
Formerly married | 3.01 | 2.59 | 3.74 | 3.75 |
Occupation | ||||
Not working | 29.55 | 32.94 | 23.25 | 26.61 |
Formal employment | 8.78 | 5.90 | 14.58 | 8.02 |
Sales | 39.73 | 38.31 | 41.90 | 44.38 |
Agricultural employment | 10.17 | 10.95 | 8.73 | 9.37 |
Other | 11.77 | 11.90 | 11.54 | 11.61 |
Religion | ||||
Christian | 37.82 | 27.62 | 56.26 | 50.56 |
Islam | 61.17 | 71.07 | 43.19 | 49.20 |
Other | 1.01 | 1.30 | 0.54 | 0.24 |
Wealth status | ||||
Poor | 45.17 | 57.56 | 23.70 | 22.79 |
Middle | 19.06 | 18.85 | 19.04 | 22.26 |
Rich | 35.77 | 23.59 | 57.36 | 54.95 |
Region | ||||
South west | 14.64 | 8.37 | 25.91 | 23.04 |
North central | 14.12 | 14.60 | 13.47 | 12.03 |
North east | 16.76 | 18.03 | 14.50 | 14.92 |
North west | 36.33 | 45.43 | 19.82 | 25.40 |
South east | 8.36 | 6.08 | 12.87 | 8.35 |
South south | 9.78 | 7.49 | 13.42 | 16.24 |
Place of residence | ||||
Urban | 35.73 | 26.51 | 52.02 | 50.11 |
Rural | 64.27 | 73.49 | 47.98 | 49.89 |
Birth order | ||||
1–2 | 34.04 | 30.88 | 39.44 | 40.31 |
3–4 | 28.59 | 27.80 | 30.04 | 29.33 |
5+ | 37.37 | 41.32 | 30.52 | 30.36 |
Birth size | ||||
Larger than average | 44.42 | 43.83 | 45.63 | 43.94 |
Average | 41.03 | 39.40 | 43.71 | 44.83 |
Smaller than average | 14.56 | 16.76 | 10.66 | 11.22 |
Child sex | ||||
Male | 49.96 | 49.70 | 50.31 | 51.30 |
Female | 50.04 | 50.30 | 49.69 | 48.70 |
ANC use | ||||
No ANC | 38.70 | 50.97 | 17.41 | 17.47 |
Received ANC | 61.30 | 49.03 | 82.59 | 82.53 |
Distance | ||||
Big problem | 31.78 | 38.65 | 19.64 | 21.22 |
Not a big problem | 68.22 | 61.35 | 80.36 | 78.78 |
Place of delivery | ||||
Health facility | 37.54 | 26.47 | 62.85 | 11.60 |
Non-health facility | 62.46 | 73.53 | 37.15 | 88.40 |