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Table 2 Distribution and CI in use of maternal and child health services by Chinese women in 2006 and 2008-2009

From: Equity in use of maternal health services in Western Rural China: a survey from Shaanxi province

Health care service

Year

Income level,%

CI a(95% confidence interval)

  

Poorest

2nd

Middle

4th

Richest

Total

 

Delivery at health facility

2006

88.6

91.9

96.6

97.2

97.2

94.1

0.0206(0.0114, 0.0299)*

 

2008

94.3

98.3

98.0

98.0

99.7

97.5

0.0053(0.0015, 0.0091)*

Delivery at county- or higher-level health facility

2006

16.1

23.9

22.2

26.1

38.8

25.8

0.1372(0.0711, 0.2033)*

2008

66.1

74.2

71.5

74.5

81.6

73.7

0.0309(0.0136, 0.0481)*

Home delivery

2006

11.1

7.2

3.3

2.8

2.2

5.0

−0.3566(−0.5417, −0.1715)*

2008

3.7

1.0

1.3

1.3

0.0

1.5

−0.3756(−0.7216, −0.0295)*

Any antenatal care

2006

96.1

97.2

97.2

98.3

99.4

97.7

0.0074(0.0016, 0.0133)*

2008

96.6

99.0

99.0

100.0

100.0

99.2

−0.0063(−0.0092, −0.0033)*

Antenatal care ≥5 times

2006

48.3

43.3

55.2

60.2

77.5

57.1

0.1305(−0.2791, 0.5401)

2008

49.8

66.4

68.8

64.0

80.9

66.8

0.0785(0.0574,0 .0995)*

Antenatal care within 12 weeks of pregnancy

2006

38.7

32.4

45.9

48.0

53.9

43.0

0.0956(0.0516, 0.1396)*

2008

68.4

75.3

74.1

77.2

83.9

75.8

0.0365(0.0197, 0.0532)*

Any postnatal visit

2006

50.6

33.9

58.3

33.3

43.6

42.5

0.07105(0.0282, 0.1139)*

2008

45.6

51.7

43.6

47.6

52.2

48.4

0.0355(0.0046, 0.0664)*

Postnatal visit ≥3 times

2006

32.8

19.4

26.7

10.0

26.8

22.1

0.0602(−0.0091, 0.1294)

2008

28.9

27.9

23.0

26.9

30.9

27.9

0.0527(0.0042, 0.1014)*

Antenatal care ≥5 times and postnatal visit ≥3 times

2006

22.2

8.9

17.8

6.7

23.5

15.2

0.1354(0.0461, 0.2248)*

2008

16.8

21.5

19.1

19.8

26.1

21.0

0.1172(0.0583, 0.1761)*

C-section

2006

18.9

18.9

16.1

23.3

23.5

20.0

0.0426(−0.0329, 0.1182)

2008

24.9

24.3

24.0

23.5

20.1

23.3

−0.0629(−0.1165, −0.0093)*

  1. CI aconcentration index.
  2. *P < 0.05, for t-test comparison with CI = 0. A negative value of the CI was expected to indicate a higher rate among the poorer people.