Table 1 Proportion of women aged 15–49, who had a live birth in the 5 years preceding the survey, according to maternal and child health care utilization indicators in 12 sub-Saharan Africa countries
Characteristics | N = 137,505 | Adequate antenatal care | Adequate delivery care | Adequate postnatal care | Adequate immunization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 100 | 8.8 | 54.8 | 35.2 | 31.7 |
Country, year | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
DR Congo, 2013/14 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 78.3 | 20.2 | 20.5 |
Gambia, 2013 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 62.7 | 57.4 | 55.0 |
Liberia, 2013 | 4.8 | 30.3 | 55.1 | 55.2 | 31.4 |
Mali, 2012/13 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 39.2 | 27.5 | 18.7 |
Namibia, 2013 | 3.5 | 8.4 | 87.4 | 55.5 | 46.3 |
Nigeria, 2013 | 23.5 | 7.1 | 34.4 | 23.7 | 15.3 |
Rwanda, 2010 | 6.7 | 3.3 | 69.0 | 10.5 | 63.2 |
Senegal, 2013 | 4.6 | 22.6 | 58.2 | 54.2 | 40.1 |
Sierra Leone, 2013 | 9.0 | 14.2 | 54.0 | 54.2 | 49.4 |
Tanzania, 2010 | 6.0 | 2.7 | 50.0 | 17.5 | 35.9 |
Togo, 2013/14 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 45.0 | 50.1 | 38.7 |
Zambia, 2013/14 | 9.9 | 7.5 | 64.1 | 53.1 | 29.2 |
Marital status | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Married | 88.2 | 8.5 | 52.8 | 33.5 | 31.1 |
Formerly married | 5.6 | 10.0 | 61.7 | 38.4 | 33.2 |
Unmarried | 6.2 | 12.5 | 76.8 | 56.6 | 38.1 |
Age group | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
≤ 20 | 10.7 | 9.3 | 52.2 | 40.0 | 22.4 |
21–25 | 23.4 | 8.4 | 56.2 | 33.7 | 29.6 |
26–30 | 28.1 | 8.8 | 55.9 | 33.4 | 33.1 |
31–35 | 18.7 | 9.2 | 56.0 | 36.1 | 34.8 |
36–40 | 12.6 | 8.7 | 52.8 | 35.5 | 33.9 |
≥ 41 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 49.6 | 36.9 | 34.9 |
Birth order | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
1st | 20.5 | 10.3 | 65.6 | 37.1 | 35.1 |
2nd | 19.9 | 9.9 | 62.4 | 38.5 | 34.5 |
3rd–4th | 27.5 | 9.1 | 52.7 | 34.4 | 31.0 |
> 4th | 32.1 | 6.9 | 44.5 | 32.4 | 27.9 |
Family size | *** | *** | *** | ||
≤ 6 | 21.3 | 10.3 | 60.2 | 37.4 | 31.9 |
> 6 | 78.7 | 8.4 | 53.3 | 34.6 | 31.6 |
Number of under-5, M | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
≤ 2 | 70.1 | 9.7 | 57.9 | 38.2 | 33.0 |
> 2 | 29.9 | 6.7 | 47.7 | 27.9 | 28.3 |
Residence | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Urban | 32.1 | 14.1 | 77.2 | 49.4 | 38.8 |
Rural | 67.9 | 6.3 | 44.2 | 28.5 | 28.3 |
Mother’s education | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
No education | 41.4 | 7.0 | 35.8 | 29.0 | 26.1 |
Primary | 32.8 | 7.0 | 59.3 | 31.4 | 33.8 |
Secondary & higher | 25.8 | 14.1 | 79.5 | 49.9 | 37.9 |
Wealth index | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Poorest | 22.7 | 4.7 | 34.8 | 24.0 | 24.1 |
Poor | 22.2 | 5.9 | 41.7 | 28.6 | 26.7 |
Middle | 20.3 | 8.3 | 52.5 | 34.8 | 30.9 |
Rich | 18.7 | 10.7 | 70.2 | 42.8 | 36.4 |
Richest | 16.1 | 17.1 | 86.1 | 51.8 | 44.7 |
Media exposure | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Not exposed | 31.2 | 5.2 | 41.9 | 24.5 | 21.0 |
Any one | 32.7 | 7.8 | 49.7 | 33.2 | 34.0 |
Any two | 26.6 | 11.4 | 65.7 | 43.9 | 36.7 |
All three | 9.5 | 17.0 | 84.3 | 53.1 | 44.5 |
Mother’s employment | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Unemployed | 28.4 | 8.5 | 54.9 | 36.1 | 27.8 |
Professional | 2.1 | 17.9 | 89.6 | 56.0 | 44.8 |
Middle level jobs | 23.2 | 10.6 | 57.3 | 37.7 | 28.0 |
Agriculture | 34.4 | 5.7 | 49.4 | 27.8 | 35.0 |
Other | 11.9 | 11.3 | 59.1 | 43.0 | 35.9 |
Father’s employment | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Unemployed | 9.2 | 5.5 | 42.0 | 28.9 | 20.6 |
Professional | 8.0 | 12.8 | 70.1 | 42.6 | 34.3 |
Middle level jobs | 12.1 | 10.5 | 58.0 | 37.0 | 29.5 |
Agriculture | 42.8 | 5.6 | 43.6 | 26.4 | 29.7 |
Other | 27.9 | 11.9 | 64.6 | 42.0 | 36.3 |
Father’s education | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
No education | 36.7 | 6.9 | 34.9 | 29.6 | 27.2 |
Primary | 26.5 | 5.9 | 53.8 | 27.0 | 33.8 |
Secondary | 30.1 | 10.4 | 69.4 | 40.0 | 31.7 |
Higher | 6.8 | 18.7 | 78.6 | 51.7 | 39.1 |
Baby’s size | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
Very large | 14.1 | 11.4 | 57.8 | 37.8 | 32.3 |
> Average | 26.8 | 9.3 | 57.8 | 36.5 | 33.5 |
Average | 43.3 | 8.1 | 54.6 | 34.9 | 31.8 |
< Average | 10.8 | 8.1 | 52.7 | 33.7 | 30.3 |
Very small | 5.0 | 9.8 | 50.4 | 35.6 | 28.2 |
Baby’s sex | ** | ||||
Male | 50.5 | 8.9 | 55.3 | 35.2 | 31.7 |
Female | 49.5 | 8.8 | 54.3 | 35.1 | 31.7 |
Baby’s age, years | *** | *** | *** | *** | |
< 1 | 21.2 | 12.2 | 57.8 | 50.1 | 9.0 |
1 | 20.3 | 12.3 | 56.9 | 50.4 | 44.2 |
2 | 19.4 | 10.0 | 56.2 | 38.6 | 43.3 |
3 | 19.8 | 6.2 | 53.4 | 24.0 | 39.3 |
4 | 19.3 | 4.3 | 52.5 | 17.2 | 36.6 |