Research Article
Sociocultural Determinants of the Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in the Tallensi District in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Table 6
Reasons for women’s use of MHCS.
| STATEMENT | SD-2 | D-1 | U0 | A1 | SA2 | Mean () | Std. Dev. |
| Attitude of health staff | 36 | 34 | 33 | 96 | 67 | 0.47 | 0.0933 |
| Knowledge on the need for maternal health care | 25 | 51 | 12 | 56 | 173 | 0.95 | 0.214 |
| Need for good health | 14 | 38 | 7 | 133 | 121 | 0.98 | 0.200 |
| Free maternal health care | 22 | 35 | 14 | 68 | 162 | 1.04 | 0.201 |
| Quality of health care service | 44 | 45 | 57 | 108 | 54 | 0.26 | 0.088 |
| Nearness of health center | 42 | 53 | 16 | 110 | 81 | 0.45 | 0.119 |
| Available health professional | 101 | 52 | 21 | 96 | 34 | -0.29 | 0.118 |
| Availability of health care service | 37 | 48 | 37 | 51 | 126 | 0.61 | 0.123 |
| Cost of maternal health service | 67 | 130 | 11 | 30 | 59 | -0.39 | 0.148 |
| Total average () | | | | | | 0.45 | |
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Source: Authors’ Field Work, December, 2016.
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