Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care utilization in Nigeria: a multilevel discrete choice analysis

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dc.contributor.authorAremu, Olatunde
dc.contributor.authorLawoko, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorDalal, Koustuv
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-25T10:18:41Z
dc.date.available2022-05-25T10:18:41Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractHigh maternal mortality continues to be a major public health problem in most part of the developing world, including Nigeria. Understanding the utilization pattern of maternal healthcare services has been accepted as an important factor for reducing maternal deaths. This study investigates the effect of neighborhood and individual socioeconomic position on the utilization of different forms of place of delivery among women of reproductive age in Nigeria. Methods: A population-based multilevel discrete choice analysis was performed using the most recent population-based 2008 Nigerian Demographic and Health Surveys data of women aged between 15 and 49 years. The analysis was restricted to 15,162 ever-married women from 888 communities across the 36 states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. Results: The choice of place to deliver varies across the socioeconomic strata. The results of the multilevel discrete choice models indicate that with every other factor controlled for, the household wealth status, women’s occupation, women’s and partner’s high level of education attainment, and possession of health insurance were associated with use of private and government health facilities for child birth relative to home delivery. The results also show that higher birth order and young maternal age were associated with use of home delivery. Living in a highly socioeconomic disadvantaged neighborhood is associated with home birth compared with the patronage of government health facilities. More specifically, the result revealed that choice of facility-based delivery is clustered around the neighborhoods. Conclusion: Home delivery, which cuts across all socioeconomic strata, is a common practice among women in Nigeria. Initiatives that would encourage the appropriate use of healthcare facilities at little or no cost to the most disadvantaged should be accorded the utmost priority.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAremu, O., Lawoko, S., & Dalal, K. (2011). Neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care utilization in Nigeria: a multilevel discrete choice analysis. International journal of women's health , 3 , 167. http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S21783en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S21783
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/3313
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational journal of women's healthen_US
dc.subjectDelivery careen_US
dc.subjectMaternal health services utilizationen_US
dc.subjectMultilevel discrete choiceen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectSocioeconomic disadvantageden_US
dc.subjectNeigborhooden_US
dc.subjectHealth policyen_US
dc.titleNeighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage, individual wealth status and patterns of delivery care utilization in Nigeria: a multilevel discrete choice analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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