Effects of Economic Status on Utilization of Maternal Health-care Services among Child-Bearing Age Mothers in North-Central, Nigeria
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.64348/zije.2025200Keywords:
Maternal, healthcare services, utilization, women of child bearing ageAbstract
This study assesses the effects of economic status on utilization of maternal health-care Services among child-bearing age mothers in North-Central, Nigeria. Ex-post facto research design was used for this study. Two (2) research questions and one (1) hypothesis guided the study. The population of six million, four hundred and thirty-five thousand, five hundred and six (6,435,506) respondents for the study consisted of all mothers of child bearing age in North central Nigeria. A sample size of one thousand, one hundred and fifty-two (1152) respondents were used for the study. A multi-stage sampling technique used to select the sample size. A close–ended questionnaire was used to obtain responses from the respondents. The instrument was reliable with 0.804. Descriptive statistics of means and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions. The formulated hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The analysis of the result revealed that economic status significantly influenced the utilization of maternal healthcare services among mothers of child-bearing age in North-Central Nigeria (p = 0.00 >0.05). It was, concluded that economic status influenced the utilization of maternal healthcare services among child-bearing age mothers in North-Central zone, Nigeria. Following recommendation made that Cost alleviation for mothers of child bearing age utilizing maternal healthcare services should be put in place by the state governments to encourage them to patronize maternal healthcare services.
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