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Table 1 Variations in indicators of maternal services use

From: Sociodemographic determinants of maternal health service use in rural China: a cross-sectional study

Factors

N

Percent reporting use of:

  

ANC Visits 5+

Delivery at specialised obstetric institutions

PNC Visits 3+

Health Insurance

No

14

78.6

100.0

35.7

Yes

467

86.1

97.2

47.2

Ethnicity

Non-Han

13

92.3

92.3

38.5

Han

468

85.7

97.4

47.1

Education

Primary

90

84.4*

98.9*

48.9

Secondary

370

86.2

97.0

46.1

Post-secondary

21

85.7

95.2

52.4

Age at time of last childbirth

Under 20

30

96.7*

100.0

56.7*

20–24

193

85.5

98.4

47.7

25–29

107

87.9

96.3

48.6

30–34

88

85.2

95.5

43.7

Above 35

63

79.4

96.8

41.3

Child’s sex

Female

231

87.9

97.4

44.6

Male

250

92.4

97.2

49.0

Delivery method

Natural childbirth

293

90.8*

95.9**

53.2**

Caesarean section

188

89.4

99.5

36.9

Number of pregnancies

1

250

85.2*

97.6*

47.6

2

169

84.0

95.9

42.3

3+

62

93.5

100.0

56.5

Number of deliveries

1

304

86.2*

98.0*

48.0

2+

177

85.3

96.0

44.9

All respondents

481

85.9

97.3

46.9

  1. Note: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01