Does where mothers live matter? Regional variations in factors influencing place of child delivery in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAlabi, T.A.
dc.contributor.authorAtinge, S.
dc.contributor.authorEjim, C.
dc.contributor.authorAdejoh, S.O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-05T09:26:44Z
dc.date.available2022-09-05T09:26:44Z
dc.date.issued2020-12-12
dc.descriptionScholarly articleen_US
dc.description.abstractUtilization of health care facilities for child delivery is associated with improved maternal and neonatal outcomes, but less than half of mothers use these for child delivery in Nigeria. This study investigated the factors associated with facility delivery in Nigeria, and their variation between the Northern and Southern parts of the country – two regions with distinct socio-cultural make-ups. The study included 33,924 mothers aged 15–49 who had given birth in the last 5 years preceding the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. Overall, higher age, being educated, being a Christian, being an urban resident, being exposed to mass media, making joint decisions with partner on health care, beginning antenatal visits in the first trimester and attending antenatal clinics frequently were found to be associated with improved use of a health care facility for child delivery. An average mother in Northern Nigeria had a 38% chance of having a facility-based delivery, whereas the likelihood in the South was 76%. When other factors were adjusted for, age and listening to the radio were significant predictors of facility-based delivery in the South but not in the North. In the North, Christians were more likely than Muslims to have a facility-based delivery, but the reverse was true in the South. Rural women in the South had a 16% greater chance of having a facility-based delivery than urban women in the North. The study results suggest that there is inequality in access to health care facilities in Nigeria, and the differences in the socio-cultural make-up of the two regions suggest that uniform intervention programmes may not yield similar results across the regions. The findings give credence to, and expand on, the Cosmopolitan-Success and Conservative-Failure Hypothesis.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAlabi, T. A., Atinge, S., Ejim, C., & Adejoh, S. O. (2020). Does where mothers live matter? Regional variations in factors influencing place of child delivery in Nigeria. Journal of Biosocial Science, 1-21.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932020000747
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11272
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare facilitiesen_US
dc.subjectChild deliveryen_US
dc.subjecturban womenen_US
dc.subjectUrban residenten_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciencesen_US
dc.titleDoes where mothers live matter? Regional variations in factors influencing place of child delivery in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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