Socio-Demographic Determinants of HealthudCare Programme Usage by Women DuringudPregnancy and Child-Birth in ADO-ODO/OTAudLocal Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria

摘要

This study sought to determine the socio-demographic factors responsible for health-care programme usageudby women during pregnancy and child-birth in a developing country like Nigeria, especially in Ado-Odo/udOta Local Government Area of Ogun State. Three research questions and one hypothesis were formulated to guide the study. Theuddescriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample size of two hundred and sixty (260) respondents were selectedudfrom five rural wards in the Local Government Area using the stratified random sampling technique. A face to face structuredudinterview and focus group discussion were used for data collection. Content analysis and the econometric bivariate regression modeludwere used for both qualitative and quantitative data analyses respectively. The hypothesis formulated for the study was tested usingudANOVA. A total of eleven independent variables were used for computing the regression equation/model. Data analyses yielded eightudfindings which showed the significant factors that determine health-care programme usage by pregnant women. These are level ofudeducational attainment, distance to health-care facility, male domination women’s perpetual dependence on men, poverty and so on.udThese findings were exhaustively discussed and some appropriate policy implications and recommendations outlined.