Table 1 Background characteristics and maternal healthcare services utilization for most recent births, Nigeria, 2013
Variables | All | ANC | SAB | PNC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 16,747 | ||||
Maternal socio-economic variables | ||||
 Education | ||||
  None | 50.7 | 30.5 | 16.3 | 23.3 |
  Primary | 20.3 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 23.8 |
  Secondary | 23.7 | 35.7 | 45.6 | 40.5 |
  Higher | 5.3 | 9.0 | 13.8 | 12.4 |
 Occupation | ||||
  Not working | 26.8 | 21.2 | 18.1 | 18.5 |
  Professional/services | 7.8 | 11.7 | 15.7 | 13.7 |
  Sales | 42.2 | 44.2 | 45.3 | 47.7 |
  Agriculture/manual | 23.3 | 23.0 | 21.0 | 20.0 |
 Household wealth index | ||||
  Poorest | 24.1 | 9.5 | 3.3 | 7.1 |
  Poorer | 22.7 | 16.3 | 9.9 | 13.2 |
  Middle | 18.9 | 21.3 | 19.2 | 17.7 |
  Richer | 17.8 | 26.0 | 28.9 | 27.1 |
  Richest | 16.5 | 26.9 | 38.7 | 34.9 |
 Type of residence | ||||
  Urban | 34.8 | 50.8 | 61.9 | 56.2 |
  Rural | 65.2 | 49.2 | 38.1 | 43.8 |
 Geo-political region | ||||
  Northcentral | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 13.5 |
  Northeast | 17.2 | 12.9 | 8.2 | 13.7 |
  Northwest | 37.8 | 26.2 | 13.2 | 21.2 |
  Southeast | 8.0 | 12.5 | 17.1 | 9.4 |
  South-south | 8.9 | 10.9 | 13.0 | 12.0 |
  Southwest | 14.1 | 21.8 | 30.7 | 30.2 |
Bio-demographic variables | ||||
 Maternal age at child’s birth | ||||
  < 20 years | 4.3 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
  20–34 years | 70.9 | 71.1 | 71.4 | 72.0 |
  > = 35 years | 24.8 | 26.1 | 26.8 | 25.1 |
 Marital status | ||||
  Not currently married | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
  Currently married | 96.6 | 96.1 | 96.1 | 96.0 |
 Child’s birth order | ||||
  2 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 24.3 | 23.6 |
  3 | 18.2 | 19.4 | 20.9 | 20.8 |
  4+ | 62.0 | 58.9 | 54.8 | 55.6 |
 Child’s birth interval | ||||
  < 24 months | 19.2 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 18.7 |
  24–36 months | 40.2 | 38.7 | 37.6 | 38.6 |
  > 36 months | 40.6 | 42.6 | 43.8 | 42.7 |
 Survival status of preceding birth | ||||
  Dead | 12.8 | 10.5 | 8.9 | 9.6 |
  Alive | 87.2 | 89.5 | 91.1 | 90.5 |