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Table 3 Patterns of MCH service utilization among different age groups and levels of education

From: Determinants of patterns of maternal and child health service utilization in a rural community in south eastern Nigeria

Variable

ANC Freq (%)

Imm. Freq (%)

ID Freq (%)

FP Freq (%)

COPD Freq (%)

T

n = 504

T

n = 528

T

n = 464

T

n = 602

T

n = 512

Age group (years)

 15–19

16

12 (75.0)

20

8 (40.0)

0

0 (0.0)

44

2 (4.5)

10

6 (60.0)

 20–24

34

34 (100.0)

36

36 100.0)

52

12 (11.5)

56

2 (3.6)

36

34 (94.4)

 25–29

116

116 (100.0)

124

112 (90.3)

124

56 (22.6)

136

16 (11.8)

120

110 (91.7)

 30–34

144

142 (98.6)

148

142 (95.9)

144

88 (30.6)

160

30 (18.8)

148

140 (94.6)

 35–39

108

104 (96.3)

114

106 (93.0)

104

22 (21.2)

116

44 (37.9)

112

104 (92.9)

 40–44

56

56 (100.0)

56

52 (92.9)

56

26 (46.4)

60

34 (56.7)

56

46 (82.1)

 ≥ 45

30

30 (100.0)

30

30 (100.0)

26

10 (38.5)

30

20 (66.7)

30

28 (93.3)

 X2

 

25.132

 

41.730f

 

21.864f

 

55.483f

 

10.732f

 Df

 

6

 

6

 

6

 

6

 

6

p-value

 

<0.0001

 

<0.0001

 

0.001

 

<0.0001

 

0.097

Level of education

 None

4

2 (50.0)

2

2 (100.0)

0

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

0

0 (0.0)

 Primary

86

72 (83.7)

90

88 (97.8)

92

20 (21.7)

96

34 (35.4)

0

0 (0.0)

 Secondary

288

242 (84.1)

270

268 (99.2)

286

60 (21.0)

328

68 (20.7)

280

34 (12.1)

 Tertiary

162

128 (79.0)

136

134 (98.5)

146

66 (45.2)

174

46 (26.4)

144

10 (6.9)

 X2

 

3.341f

 

3.874f

 

16.158f

 

11.365f

 

7.594f

 Df

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

 

5

p-value

 

0.648

 

0.568

 

0.006

 

0.045

 

0.180

  1. Where, n number of women using MCH service, T total number of women in the group