Table 5 Access to health care facilities and health personnel in Egypt and Morocco [20, 21]
From: Social inequalities, regional disparities and health inequity in North African countries
Socioeconomic categories | Women who did not receive antenatal care | Women who had no postnatal visit | Women who gave birth at home | Women who delivered with assistance of a traditional midwife | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Morocco | Egypt | Morocco | Egypt | Morocco | Egypt | Morocco | Egypt |
| Â | 2003/04 | 2008 | 2003/04 | 2008 | 2003/04 | 2008 | 2003/04 | 2008 |
Urban | 15.1% | 15.0% | 83.7% | 18.6% | 16.4% | 14.5% | 7.7% | 9.1% |
Rural | 52.1% | 33.1% | 96.4% | 41.5% | 61.1% | 36.3% | 33.8% | 25.9% |
Ratio R/U | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 4.4 | 2.8 |
Poorest quintile | 60.3% | 46.5% | 97.1% | 47.5% | 70.5% | 54.6% | 39.9% | 41.4% |
Middle quintile | 29.4% | 26.3% | 89.9% | 32.8% | 31.8% | 25.9% | 14.1% | 16.5% |
Richest quintile | 6.9% | 7.6% | 73.6% | 9.4% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 3.1% | 2.7% |
Poorest/Richest | 8.7 | 6.1 | 1.3 | 5 | 11.75 | 10 | 12.9 | 15 |