Sociocultural Determinants of the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in the Tallensi District in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Table 5

Reasons for women’s nonuse of maternal health care services.

STATEMENT	SD-2	D-1	U0	A1	SA2	Mean ()	Std. Dev.
Availability of traditional healers	5	16	10	37	271	1.63	0.301
Lack of knowledge on the importance of maternal health care services	2	32	40	230	18	0.55	0.237
Attitudes/behaviour of health staff	21	47	45	36	194	0.98	0.184
Distance covered to access maternal health care services	23	26	49	65	173	1.01	0.164
Cost involved in access to health services (average GH 50-100 per ANC visit)	4	25	47	60	193	1.26	0.202
The work you do	125	60	88	27	3	-0.91	0.143
Religious beliefs	27	142	77	40	18	-0.39	0.149
Season/time of pregnancy	81	116	8	22	5	-1.06	0.191
Availability of traditional birth attendant (TBAs)	20	51	12	26	207	1.10	0.231
Lack of health center	26	25	10	150	70	0.76	0.181
Lack of health professional	40	28	13	22	187	0.99	0.224
Time spent at the health center	30	95	106	30	12	-0.37	0.139
Partner does not support the idea	24	30	46	155	10	0.36	0.197
Genetic/biological reason	43	51	117	12	0	-0.56	0.183
Quality of service provided	36	3	7	210	17	0.58	0.288
Total average ()						0.39

Source: Authors’ Field Work, December, 2016.