Multivariate Analysis of the Predictors of Women’s Delivery at a Health Facility: Evidence from 2016 Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey

Authors

  • Kassahun Tegegne University of Gondar

Keywords:

Migration types, Place of delivery, Socio-demographic, Health Survey

Abstract

The prevalence of women’s health institutional delivery in developing countries, particularly in Ethiopia is very low. The empirical data show that migration and socio-demographic factors are responsible for low institutional deliveries in developing countries. Therefore, the overall objective of the study was to establish whether there were differences in women’s access to delivery facilities across the different migration status and socio-demographic factors. To achieve this objective, a cross-section-al analysis of data from 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) was conducted.The 2016 EDHS interviewed a total of 15, 683 women, aged 15 to 49 years both in rural and urban areas. Out of the 15,683 interviewed women, only 7590 women who had live birth(s) in the last five years preceding the survey were taken as a study participant. The bivariate and multivariate analysis results show that urban to urban migrants and urban to rural migrants were more likely to deliver at a health facility than those from other migration status. In relation to socio-demographic factors, women who live in rural areas, women with no education, non-working women, older women, women with high birth order and women in the poorest wealth index were less likely to deliver at a health institution. Therefore, maternal health remains a public health concern due to lack of sufficient access to delivery facilities. Attention should be given on migration and socio-demographic factors that are responsible to inhibit women’s institutional delivery. The government should target the most vulnerable groups such as rural women, non-working women, women in the poorest wealth category and women with high birth order to further reduce maternal mortality in the country.

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Published

2018-06-20

How to Cite

Tegegne, K. (2018). Multivariate Analysis of the Predictors of Women’s Delivery at a Health Facility: Evidence from 2016 Ethiopian Demography and Health Survey. Ethiopian Renaissance Journal of Social Sciences and the Humanities, 5(1). Retrieved from https://erjssh.uog.edu.et/index.php/ERJSSH/article/view/7