Prevalence and determinants of maternal healthcare utilisation among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: cross-sectional analyses of demographic and health survey data

Bain, Luchuo Engelbert; Aboagye, Richard Gyan; Dowou, Robert Kokou; Kongnyuy, Eugene Justine; Memiah, Peter; Amu, Hubert

doi:10.1186/s12889-022-13037-8

Table 1 Bivariable analysis of predictors of ANC, SBA, and PNC among young women in SSA

From: Prevalence and determinants of maternal healthcare utilisation among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: cross-sectional analyses of demographic and health survey data

Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	ANC		SBA		PNC
Variables	Weighted N	Weighted %	Yes	P-value	Yes	P-value	Yes	P-value
Maternal age				< 0.001		0.133		< 0.001
15–19	9,348	21.3	51.8		78.1		37.0
20–24	34,438	78.7	56.1		79.0		41.2
Maternal educational level				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No education	14,968	34.2	40.3		65.6		37.4
Primary	15,385	35.1	55.3		81.3		38.2
Secondary	12,787	29.2	71.3		90.2		46.1
Higher	646	1.5	80.4		97.0		43.6
Marital status				< 0.001		< 0.001		0.001
Married	33,391	76.3	52.6		76.8		41.0
Cohabiting	10,395	23.7	63.6		85.0		37.8
Partner’s age				< 0.001		< 0.001		0.070
15–24	8,685	19.8	55.7		83.3		39.0
25–34	27,100	61.9	55.7		79.0		40.6
35–44	6,142	14.0	54.1		74.0		39.8
45 +	1,859	4.3	49.7		69.8		42.4
Partner educational level				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No education	13,644	31.2	40.6		66.0		39.1
Primary	12,210	27.9	53.5		79.6		37.4
Secondary	15,508	35.4	66.1		87.1		43.5
Higher	2,424	5.5	76.4		93.2		41.3
Religion				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Christianity	25,032	57.2	60.7		84.8		41.2
Islamic	16,936	38.7	48.3		71.0		38.4
African Traditional	681	1.6	38.9		61.3		48.8
No religion	951	2.2	47.0		68.7		46.8
Others	185	0.4	56.4		84.8		24.5
Maternal current working status				0.146		< 0.001		0.218
Not working	19,360	44.2	54.7		77.3		39.8
Working	24,426	55.8	55.6		80.0		40.7
Parity				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
1	20,460	46.7	59.6		83.9		42.2
2	14,747	33.7	53.3		77.1		40.5
3	6,317	14.4	48.8		71.0		37.0
4 or more	2,262	5.2	45.9		65.2		30.9
Ownership of Health Insurance				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	42,159	96.3	54.5		78.5		39.8
Yes	1,627	3.7	73.4		85.7		52.1
Mass media exposure				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	24,082	55.0	46.2		73.7		29.4
Yes	19,704	45.0	60.6		81.9		46.9
Person who usually decides on respondent’s healthcare				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Respondent alone	5,648	12.9	61.5		81.7		47.9
Respondent and partner	15,070	34.4	59.5		82.0		40.1
Partner alone	22,491	51.4	50.8		75.9		38.3
Someone else or other	577	1.3	52.8		78.6		48.4
Person who usually decides on large household purchases				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Respondent alone	4,598	10.5	61.1		81.5		43.1
Respondent and partner	15,938	36.4	60.1		82.3		41.5
Partner alone	22,418	51.2	50.6		75.8		38.3
Someone else or other	832	1.9	54.5		77.5		55.5
Person who usually decides on visits to family or relatives				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Respondent alone	7,706	17.6	57.6		80.5		46.9
Respondent and partner	17,952	41.0	58.6		80.8		40.5
Partner alone	17,514	40.0	50.9		76.1		36.7
Someone else or other	613	1.4	49.1		76.6		52.4
Barrier to healthcare				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
No	15,473	35.3	62.4		83.6		43.1
Yes	28,313	64.7	51.3		76.2		38.7
Wealth index				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Poorest	10,136	23.2	42.9		66.5		34.8
Poorer	10,611	24.2	50.4		74.3		37.6
Middle	9,169	20.9	56.1		79.8		40.3
Richer	8,189	18.7	63.9		87.3		45.6
Richest	5,680	13.0	72.1		95.2		47.2
Sex of household head				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Male	37,521	85.7	54.2		78.2		39.6
Female	6,265	14.3	61.0		82.3		44.6
Residence				< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Urban	12,725	29.1	70.0		90.6		46.8
Rural	31,061	70.9	49.2		73.9		37.6

^*p-values obtained from chi-square test

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