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Table 9 Maternal health care utilization across household’s characteristics

From: Utilization of maternal health facilities and rural women’s well-being: towards the attainment of sustainable development goals

Variables

Low

Moderate

High

 

Freq

Percent (%)

Freq

Percent (%)

Freq

Percent (%)

Sex of household head

 Male

663

89.47

1010

93.95

917

98.07

 Female

78

10.53

65

6.05

18

1.93

\({\chi }^{2}\)

55.63a

 

Household size

 1–5

249

33.60

246

22.88

160

17.11

 6–10

367

49.53

578

53.77

481

51.44

 11–15

105

14.17

208

19.35

269

28.77

  > 15

20

2.70

43

4.00

25

2.69

\({\chi }^{2}\)

97.33a

 

Age of household head

 ≤ 25

26

3.51

19

1.77

18

1.93

26–35

184

24.83

171

15.91

159

17.01

36–45

287

38.73

470

43.72

438

46.84

46–55

170

22.94

277

25.77

202

21.60

 > 55

73

9.98

138

12.83

118

12.62

\({\chi }^{2}\)

65.02a

 

Husband’s education

 No formal education

160

21.59

517

48.09

556

59.47

 Formal education

581

78.41

558

51.19

379

40.53

\({\chi }^{2}\)

247.39a

 

Family wealth index

 Poorest

124

16.73

443

41.21

472

30.48

 Poorer

169

22.81

359

33.40

327

34.97

 Middle

259

34.95

166

15.44

120

12.83

 Richer

138

18.62

107

9.95

16

1.71

 Richest

51

6.88

0

0.00

0

0.00

\({\chi }^{2}\)

535.38a

 
  1. NS Not Significant
  2. aSignificant at 1%
  3. bSignificant at 5%
  4. cSignificant at 10%