Table 2: Variations in indicators of use of maternal and child health services, by selected
individual, household and community characteristics.
Characteristics
n
Percent reporting use of:
Antenatal
Medical
Postnatal
care
personnel at
care
delivery
Individual Factors
Education
None
Primary
Secondary
Post-secondary
Age at Last Birth
15 – 19
20 – 24
25 – 29
30 – 34
35 – 39
40 +
Ethnic Group
Hausa
Yoruba
Igbo
Fulani
Kanuri
Others
Child’s rank of birth
1–2
3+
Attitudes towards family planning
Approve
Disapprove
Ideal family size
Provided a numeric response
Provided a non-numeric
response (Up to God, etc.)
Household Factors
Household socio-economic status
Very poor
Poor
Medium
Rich
Very rich
Community Factors
Type of Place of Residence
Rural
1013
537
501
107
37.1
74.3
84.6
95.3
17.7
51.5
75.8
93.4
19.3
49.3
67.6
83.2
351
546
546
367
218
130
46.7
58.2
69.2
68.1
56.4
52.3
29.0
37.5
53.5
50.9
43.6
43.1
28.8
36.1
50.3
49.0
40.8
36.1
656
313
221
136
66
766
37.5
91.4
87.3
41.9
27.3
65.4
15.2
81.4
78.7
17.6
22.7
48.2
18.0
70.9
73.7
27.2
24.2
43.5
750
1408
64.8
57.9
49.3
40.2
45.7
38.8
1097
1061
77.7
42.2
61.4
24.7
57.9
23.9
1122
74.0
61.0
55.1
1036
45.4
24.3
26.0
440
466
394
431
427
27.9
44.0
62.4
80.0
89.4
13.2
24.9
39.8
64.7
76.6
17.0
22.3
38.8
58.4
71.4
1495
49.3
32.1
31.4
Urban
Community media saturation
Low
Medium
High
Prevalence of small family norm
in community
Low (0 – 10%)
Medium (11 – 30%)
High (<30%)
State-level Factors
Average number of people to a
PHC in the state of residence
Small (< 5500)
Medium (5500 – 9000)
Large (>9000)
All Respondents
663
84.9
68.8
63.3
858
692
608
35.1
67.6
87.5
18.4
45.2
76.6
18.4
45.8
68.1
927
663
568
35.7
68.5
90.8
15.6
48.7
82.6
19.6
45.1
71.8
737
705
716
2158
71.5
60.0
49.0
60.3
52.4
46.8
30.8
43.4
47.5
44.2
31.7
41.2
Source: Nigerian National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health Survey, 2005; Data on the ration
of people to a Primary Health Center (PHC) came from the 2006 Core Welfare Indicator
Questionnaire Survey, a national survey conducted by the Nigeria Federal Bureau of Statistics.