Research Article
Correlates of and Barriers to the Utilization of Health Services for Delivery in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa
Table 5
Percent of women citing each reason for not delivering at a health facility by ethnicity, Pakistan.
| Reason for not delivering at a health facility | Cost too much | Too far | Husband/family did not allow | Thought it was not necessary |
| Ethnicity | | | | | Urdu | 31.3 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 57.6 | Punjabi | 31.6 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 68.4 | Sindhi | 48.0 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 50.8 | Pushto | 31.8 | 6.5 | 13.3 | 42.1 | Balochi | 44.0 | 19.9 | 11.6 | 48.1 | Barauhi | 32.1 | 8.6 | 16.0 | 59.3 | Siraiki | 46.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | 57.0 | Hindko | 43.2 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 47.7 | Kashmiri | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | Pahari | 25.0 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 25.0 | Potowari | 100.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | Marwari | 56.3 | 3.1 | 0.0 | 50.0 | Farsi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 66.7 | Other | 53.2 | 10.5 | 5.6 | 46.0 |
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