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Table 1 Percentage distribution of women by non-utilization of postnatal care in Nigeria

From: Determinants of postnatal care non-utilization among women in Nigeria

Characteristics

Total

N = 19,418

No PNC N = 12,156

Some level of PNC

N = 6417

Appropriate PNC

N = 845

Mothers age at child birth

 15–24

37.06

39.14

32.87

37.62

 25–34

44.35

41.98

49.25

46.96

 35+

18.41

18.88

17.87

15.41

Pregnancy wantedness

 Then

90.26

92.88

85.93

83.93

 Later

7.59

5.57

10.84

13.18

 No more

2.14

1.55

3.23

2.88

Education

 No education

47.85

61.27

24.17

26.57

 Primary

18.92

17.17

21.95

22.19

 Secondary and higher

33.23

21.56

53.88

51.24

Marital status

 Never married

2.11

1.57

2.82

4.85

 Currently married

94.88

96.85

93.44

91.39

 Formerly married

3.01

2.59

3.74

3.75

Occupation

 Not working

29.55

32.94

23.25

26.61

 Formal employment

8.78

5.90

14.58

8.02

 Sales

39.73

38.31

41.90

44.38

 Agricultural employment

10.17

10.95

8.73

9.37

 Other

11.77

11.90

11.54

11.61

Religion

 Christian

37.82

27.62

56.26

50.56

 Islam

61.17

71.07

43.19

49.20

 Other

1.01

1.30

0.54

0.24

Wealth status

 Poor

45.17

57.56

23.70

22.79

 Middle

19.06

18.85

19.04

22.26

 Rich

35.77

23.59

57.36

54.95

Region

 South west

14.64

8.37

25.91

23.04

 North central

14.12

14.60

13.47

12.03

 North east

16.76

18.03

14.50

14.92

 North west

36.33

45.43

19.82

25.40

 South east

8.36

6.08

12.87

8.35

 South south

9.78

7.49

13.42

16.24

Place of residence

 Urban

35.73

26.51

52.02

50.11

 Rural

64.27

73.49

47.98

49.89

Birth order

 1–2

34.04

30.88

39.44

40.31

 3–4

28.59

27.80

30.04

29.33

 5+

37.37

41.32

30.52

30.36

Birth size

 Larger than average

44.42

43.83

45.63

43.94

 Average

41.03

39.40

43.71

44.83

 Smaller than average

14.56

16.76

10.66

11.22

Child sex

    

 Male

49.96

49.70

50.31

51.30

 Female

50.04

50.30

49.69

48.70

ANC use

 No ANC

38.70

50.97

17.41

17.47

 Received ANC

61.30

49.03

82.59

82.53

Distance

 Big problem

31.78

38.65

19.64

21.22

 Not a big problem

68.22

61.35

80.36

78.78

Place of delivery

 Health facility

37.54

26.47

62.85

11.60

 Non-health facility

62.46

73.53

37.15

88.40