Predictors and Utilization of Health Institution Services for Childbirth among Mothers in a Southern Nigerian City

Table 2

Predictors of health facility delivery.

Characteristics	Delivered in health facility	Delivered outside health facility	χ^2	Df	p value
Religion
Christian	209	195	0.021	2	0.990
Muslim	8	8
Traditional African Religion	1	1
Total	218	204
Marital status
Single	120	141	12.068	3	0.007
Married	83	59
Divorced/separated	8	3
Cohabiting	7	1
Total	218	204
Education
Postsecondary	102	115	6.326	2	0.042
Secondary school	102	84
Primary school	14	5
Total	218	204
Employment status
Employed	100	98	4.446	3	0.217
Self-employed	78	79
Unemployed	42	25
Total	218	204
Educational level of partner
Postsecondary	139	131	0.143	2	0.931
Secondary school	76	71
Primary school	3	2
Total	218	204
Occupation of partner
Farmer	55	67	11.539	3	0.009
Daily laborer	30	24
Businessman	47	21
Civil servant	86	92
Total	218	204
Health facility accessibility
Health facility accessible	211	197	0.016	1	0.899
Health facility not accessible	7	7
Total	218	204
Family size
One–three	141	127	11.668	4	0.020
Two–four	49	65
Five–seven	24	8
Eight–eleven	3	4
More than eleven	1	0
Total	218	204
ANC attendance
Attended ANC	194	184	0.164	1	0.686
Did not attend ANC	24	20
Total	218	204
Number of pregnancies in the last five years
One	76	60	1.567	2	0.457
Two	121	119
Three	21	24
Total	218	203
Age of respondents
15–20 years	57	59	10.683	6	0.099
21–25 years	47	45
26–30 years	34	49
31–35 years	32	26
36–40 years	21	13
41–45 years	19	9
46–49 years	8	3
Total	218	204