Research Article
Evaluating Religious Influences on the Utilization of Maternal Health Services among Muslim and Christian Women in North-Central Nigeria
Table 1
FGD participant characteristics (
data not available).
| | | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | All groups | | | MM1 | MM2 | ANC1 | ANC2 | M2M1 | M2M2 | Young women | G1–G7 | | | | | | | | | | | | Mean age (SD) | 28.6 (±5.0) | 33.3 (±3.4) | — | — | 29.5 (±6.8) | 28.1 (±2.1) | 25.1 (±3.2) | 30.0 (±5.0) | | Other characteristics: (%) | | Location of FGD venue | Rural | Rural | Rural | Rural | Rural | Rural | Urban | |
| | Religion | | | | | | | | | | Christianity | 0 (0.0) | 9 (90.0) | 8 (80.0) | 8 (80.0) | 6 (60.0) | 8 (88.9) | 10 (90.9) | 49 (72.1) | | Islam | 8 (100.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (40.0) | 1 (11.1) | 1 (9.1) | 19 (27.9) | | No response | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | Marital status | | | | | | | | | | Single | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (90.9) | 10 (14.7) | | Married | 8 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 10 (100.0) | 7 (70.0) | 9 (100.0) | 1 (9.1) | 55 (80.9) | | Polygamous marriage | 2 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (7.3) | | No response | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.4) | | Living children | | | | | | | | | | None | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 7 (70.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) | 10 (90.9) | 21 (30.9) | | 1-2 | 4 (50.0) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (40.0) | 3 (30.0) | 4 (40.0) | 5 (55.6) | 1 (9.1) | 23 (33.8) | | 3-4 | 4 (50.0) | 6 (60.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (25.0) | | >4 | 0 (0.0) | 2 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (5.9) | | No response | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.4) | | Formal education | | | | | | | | | | None | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.9) | | Primary | 4 (50.0) | 2 (20.0) | 4 (40.0) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 2 (22.2) | 0 (0.0) | 16 (23.5) | | Secondary | 2 (25.0) | 6 (60.0) | 3 (30.0) | 4 (40.0) | 3 (30.0) | 7 (77.8) | 0 (0.0) | 25 (36.8) | | Tertiary | 1 (12.5) | 2 (20.0) | 2 (20.0) | 5 (50.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | 22 (32.4) | | No response | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.4) | | Language of highest fluency | | | | | | | | | | English | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 11 (100.0) | 12 (17.6) | | Hausa | 8 (100.0) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) | 7 (70.0) | 1 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (30.9) | | Igbo | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (33.3) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (10.3) | | Others | 0 (0.0) | 4 (40.0) | 5 (50.0) | 6 (60.0) | 3 (30.0) | 5 (55.6) | 0 (0.0) | 23 (33.8) | | No response | 0 (0.0) | 5 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (7.4) |
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