Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinates of Maternal Health Care Utilization Services in Ethiopia
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Maternal mortality in Ethiopia is one of the highest in the world. One explanation for
poor health outcomes among women and children is the non use of modern health care
services by a sizable proportion of women in Ethiopia. The main objective of this study is
to analyze factors associated with the utili zation of health care servi ces, which influence
the use of maternal health care services in Eth iopia. The data for this study were taken
from the 20 I I Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey which is a nationally
representative survey of women in the 15-49 years age groups. Then logistic regression
technique was used to estimate parameters. Separate models were also used for ANC,
delivery care and PNC. In addi tion to this a bivarite analysis was done to estimate the
probabil ity of use of the maternal health care services. In the logistic regression model
place of res idence, occupation of husband, education level of mother's and husband,
region and exposure to mass media were found to be strong indicators of utilization of
health care service. Mother's work status was not significantly related with delivery care
and PNC. Mother's age and birth order were found insignificant factors for ANC and
rel igion and mother's age were found insignificant related to PNC.