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Table 4 Barriers of facility-based delivery among women of reproductive age (15–49 years)

From: Disparities and barriers of health facility delivery following optimal and suboptimal pregnancy care in Nigeria: evidence of home births from cross-sectional surveys

Barriers

                                       Women Percentage

Median (IQR)

Chi-squareM

(p-value)

Suboptimal

n(%)

Optimal

n(%)

All ANC

n(%)

Facility cost too much

    

0.59(0.443)

 No

2317(27.0)

5543(64.5)

7860(91.4)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

233(2.7)

504(5.8)

737(8.6)

5.0 (3;7)

 

Facility not open

    

3.04(0.081)

 No

2493(29.0)

5902(68.6)

8395(97.6)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

57(0.7)

145(1.7)

202 (2.4)

5.0 (3;8)

 

Too far/no transport

    

0.28(0.597)

 No

2112(24.6)

5056(58.8)

7168(83.4)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

438(5.1)

991(11.5)

1429(16.6)

5.0 (3;7)

 

Don’t trust facility/poor service

    

36.60(< 0.001)

 No

2521(29.3)

5855(68.1)

8376(97.4)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

29(0.4)

192(2.2)

221(2.6)

7.5 (3;15)

 

No female health provider

    

0.90(0.343)

 No

2539(29.5)

6009(69.9)

8548(99.4)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

11(0.2)

37(0.4)

49(0.6)

5.0 (3;8)

 

Husband/family didn’t allow

    

0.22(0.640)

 No

2460(28.6)

5829(67.8)

8289(96.4)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

90(1.1)

218(2.5)

308(3.6)

5.0 (3;8)

 

It was not necessary

    

23.68(< 0.001)

 No

1406(16.4)

3713(43.1)

5119(59.5)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

1144(13.3)

2334(27.2)

3478(40.5)

4.0 (3;6)

 

It was not customary

    

1.54(0.214)

 No

2426(28.3)

5748(66.8)

8174(95.1)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

124(1.4)

299(3.5)

423(4.9)

5.0 (3;8)

 

Other reason

    

14.17(< 0.001)

 No

2449(28.5)

5689(66.2)

8138(94.7)

5.0 (3;7)

 

 Yes

101(1.2)

357(4.1)

458(5.3)

5.0 (4;8)

 

Total

2550(29.7)

6047(70.3)

8597(100.0)

  
  1. MChi-square generated from Median test