Factors Affecting Utilization of Skilled Maternity Care Services Among Married Adolescents in Bangladesh

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ID12887804
AutoresM Mostafa Kamal (0000-0001-9838-4214, Islamic University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2009
Volumen5
Número2
Páginas153-170
Fecha de publicación2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAsian Population Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-1730 • E-ISSN: 1744-1749
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441730902992075
OpenAlexW2148268092
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas17

The study examines the prevalence of and factors associated with maternal health care service utilization among married adolescents in Bangladesh using the 2004 Demographic and Health Survey data. The findings of the study suggest that safe motherhood practices among adolescents are poor. Although 52.5 percent of the adolescents received antenatal care services, only 14.4 percent sought assistance from skilled birth assistance during childbirth and 10.7 percent of the babies were delivered at medically-facilitated places. Both cross-sectional and fixed-effects binary logit models yielded quantitatively important and statistically significant (p<0.001) socio-demographic factors for the service utilization which include: place of residence, birth order and region. Women's education and wealth index are the most important determinants (p<0.001) in maternity care services utilization. Programs should be undertaken to provide information highlighting the benefits of modern services utilization among women to promote safe motherhood in Bangladesh

Binary logit model · Birth order · Childbirth · Cross-sectional study · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Logistic regression · Logit · Population · Pregnancy · Residence · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare