Health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan: evidence from the 2017–18 Jordan demographic and health survey

Fernandes, Petula; Odusina, Emmanuel Kolawole; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Kota, Komlan; Yaya, Sanni

doi:10.1186/s13690-021-00605-4

Archives of Public Health

Table 1 Distribution of participants by factors affecting use of maternal health services during pregnancy and birth among women of reproductive age in Jordan using the 2017–18 Jordan DHS (N = 4656)

From: Health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare services utilization in Jordan: evidence from the 2017–18 Jordan demographic and health survey

Variables	Timing of the first ANC visit					Completed recommended number of ANC visits					Birth attended by a skilled worker
	No		Yes		P-value	No		Yes		P-value	No		Yes		P-value
	N	%	N	%	P-value	N	%	N	%	P-value	N	%	N	%	P-value
Health Insurance coverage
No	284	15.9	1496	84.1	***	449	25.3	1330	74.8		127	7.1	1653	92.9	*******
Yes	296	10.3	2580	89.7	***	628	21.9	2248	78.2		343	11.9	2533	88.1	*******
Education
No education	12	18.8	52	81.2	***	26	40.8	38	59.3	***	9	13.4	56	86.6	***
Primary	45	14.7	264	85.3		121	39.2	188	60.8		37	11.9	272	88.1
Secondary	355	14.5	2089	85.5		629	25.8	1814	74.3		284	11.6	2160	88.4
Post-secondary	168	9.1	1671	90.9		301	16.4	1538	83.6		140	7.6	1699	92.4
Age groups
15–19	13	8.8	139	91.2	*	41	27.1	111	72.9		27	17.8	126	82.2
20–24	112	13.5	718	86.5		200	24.1	629	75.9		88	10.6	742	89.4
25–29	129	9.6	1211	90.4		319	23.8	1020	76.2		125	9.3	1215	90.7
30–34	158	13.4	1018	86.6		246	20.9	930	79.1		116	9.9	1060	90.1
35–39	117	14.4	700	85.6		185	22.6	633	77.4		87	10.6	731	89.4
40–44	49	16.0	257	84.0		78	25.6	227	74.4		25	8.0	281	92.0
45–49	2	4.8	32	95.2		8	22.7	26	77.3		1	4.3	32	95.7
Occupation
Not working	525	12.8	3572	87.2		986	24.1	3112	75.9	**	434	10.6	3664	89.4	**
Working	54	9.8	504	90.2		92	16.4	466	83.6	**	36	6.4	523	93.6	**
Marital status
Married	578	12.5	4036	87.5		1061	23.0	3554	77.0	**	466	10.1	4149	89.9	***
Single	2	5.1	39	94.9		17	41.1	24	58.9	**	4	9.3	38	90.7	***
Area of Residence
Urban	538	13.1	3573	86.9		923	22.5	3188	77.6	0.120	371	9.0	3740	91.0	***
Rural	42	7.6	503	92.4		155	28.5	390	71.6	0.120	98	18.1	446	81.9	***
Wealth Index
Poorest	146	12.1	1065	87.9		408	33.7	803	66.3	***	204	16.8	1007	83.2	***
Poorer	152	13.8	945	86.2		278	25.3	818	74.7		131	12.0	965	88.0
Middle	133	12.5	929	87.5		199	18.8	863	81.2		89	8.4	972	91.6
Richer	93	11.4	726	88.6		140	17.1	679	82.9		35	4.2	785	95.8
Richest	56	12.0	412	88.0		53	11.3	415	88.7		10	2.2	4186	89.9
Number of Births in the last 5 years
One birth	276	11.2	2198	88.8	***	525	21.2	1949	78.8	***	199	8.0	2275	92.0	***
Two or more	304	13.9	1878	86.1	***	553	25.4	1629	74.7	***	270	12.4	1912	87.6	***
Region
Amman	304	18.4	1345	81.6	***	262	15.9	1387	84.1	***	68	4.1	1581	95.9	***
Balga	25	10.9	204	89.1		52	22.8	177	77.2		5	2.3	224	97.7
Zarqua	70	11.3	551	88.7		148	23.9	472	76.1		46	7.4	575	92.6
Madaba	29	23.5	94	76.5		24	19.4	99	80.6		24	19.6	99	80.4
Irbid	66	7.0	871	93.0		232	24.8	704	75.2		124	13.2	813	86.8
Mafraq	34	9.3	335	90.8		138	37.5	231	62.5		92	24.8	277	75.2
Jerash	15	8.7	152	91.3		48	29.0	118	71.0		34	20.3	133	79.7
Aljoun	4	3.6	119	96.4		29	23.7	94	76.3		25	20.0	99	80.0
Karak	11	7.2	147	92.8		47	29.8	111	70.2		21	13.2	137	86.9
Tafilh	6	7.6	73	92.4		21	26.2	58	73.8		5	6.2	74	93.8
Ma’an	10	12.0	73	88.0		32	38.1	51	61.9		12	14.8	71	85.2
Aquaba	6	4.8	113	95.2		44	36.7	75	63.3		15	12.4	104	87.6
National	580	12.5	4076	87.6		1078	23.2	3578	76.9		469	10.1	4186	89.9

Here *, ** and *** indicate p < 0.05, p < 0.01 and p < 0.001 respectively

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