Table 3 Percentage of women (aged 15–49) by use of maternal and child healthcare services according to various background characteristics
From: Factors influencing the use of maternal healthcare services and childhood immunization in Swaziland
Variables | Maternal health | Child health | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antenatal care | Delivery care | Postnatal care | Immunization | |||||
No visits | All visits | Non-inst. | Inst. | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
Woman’s age | ||||||||
15-19 | 2.6 | 97.4 | 22.6 | 77.4 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 11.3 | 88.7 |
20-24 | 2.2 | 97.9 | 23.3 | 76.7 | 84.6 | 15.4 | 11.6 | 88.4 |
25-29 | 3.0 | 97.0 | 24.2 | 75.8 | 76.5 | 23.5 | 11.2 | 88.8 |
30-34 | 3.3 | 96.7 | 26.5 | 73.5 | 77.5 | 22.5 | 13.6 | 86.4 |
35-39 | 1.3 | 98.8 | 32.6 | 67.4 | 71.4 | 28.6 | 6.4 | 93.6 |
40-44 | 4.3 | 95.7 | 34.5 | 65.5 | 88.1 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 94.7 |
45-49 | 3.8 | 96.1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 85.7 | 14.3 | 10.0 | 90.0 |
Parity | ||||||||
1-2 children | 1.8 | 98.2 | 18.0 | 82.0 | 79.2 | 20.8 | 10.7 | 89.3 |
3-5 children | 3.1 | 96.9 | 28.7 | 71.3 | 77.1 | 22.9 | 9.5 | 90.5 |
6 or more | 4.9 | 95.1 | 44.5 | 55.5 | 83.2 | 16.8 | 18.1 | 81.9 |
Exposure to newspapers | ||||||||
Not at all | 3.9 | 96.2 | 35.9 | 64.1 | 80.7 | 19.3 | 14.5 | 85.5 |
Less than once a week | 2.4 | 97.5 | 24.6 | 75.4 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 10.7 | 89.3 |
At least once a week | 1.9 | 98.1 | 19.1 | 80.9 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 8.1 | 91.9 |
Almost every day | 1.1 | 98.9 | 10.8 | 89.2 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 9.4 | 90.6 |
Exposure to the radio | ||||||||
Not at all | 4.3 | 95.7 | 32.9 | 67.1 | 80.4 | 19.6 | 14.3 | 85.7 |
Less than once a week | 3.4 | 96.6 | 25.2 | 74.8 | 92.9 | 7.1 | 8.6 | 91.4 |
At least once a week | 2.2 | 97.9 | 28.5 | 71.5 | 80.0 | 20.0 | 10.1 | 89.9 |
Almost every day | 2.0 | 98.0 | 22.8 | 77.2 | 77.3 | 22.7 | 10.4 | 89.6 |
Exposure to television | ||||||||
Not at all | 2.8 | 97.3 | 32.7 | 67.3 | 81.9 | 18.1 | 13.1 | 86.9 |
Less than once a week | 7.2 | 92.8 | 18.5 | 81.5 | 82.4 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 97.3 |
At least once a week | 2.5 | 97.5 | 22.0 | 78.0 | 60.6 | 39.4 | 4.0 | 96.0 |
Almost every day | 1.0 | 99.0 | 10.0 | 90.0 | 69.0 | 31.0 | 10.1 | 89.9 |
Maternal education | ||||||||
No education | 3.4 | 96.5 | 44.9 | 55.1 | 86.7 | 13.3 | 16.7 | 83.3 |
Primary | 4.2 | 95.7 | 37.7 | 62.3 | 81.8 | 18.2 | 9.9 | 90.1 |
Secondary | 1.4 | 98.6 | 16.6 | 83.4 | 72.2 | 27.8 | 10.9 | 89.1 |
Higher | 2.8 | 97.2 | 4.0 | 96.0 | 75.0 | 25.0 | 13.0 | 87.0 |
Wealth quintile | ||||||||
Poor | 4.4 | 95.6 | 42.5 | 57.5 | 81.2 | 18.8 | 20.0 | 80.0 |
Middle | 2.5 | 97.6 | 21.7 | 78.3 | 85.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 96.0 |
Rich | 1.1 | 98.8 | 10.7 | 89.3 | 68.5 | 31.5 | 7.9 | 92.1 |
Literacy | ||||||||
Illiterate | 3.8 | 96.3 | 46.4 | 53.6 | 86.5 | 13.5 | 17.3 | 82.7 |
Literate | 2.6 | 97.4 | 23.8 | 76.2 | 78.0 | 22.0 | 10.5 | 89.5 |
Residence | ||||||||
Urban | 1.8 | 98.2 | 11.5 | 88.5 | 77.0 | 23.0 | 6.2 | 93.8 |
Rural | 3.0 | 97.0 | 31.1 | 68.9 | 79.9 | 20.1 | 14.3 | 85.7 |