Inequalities in reproductive health care use in five West-African countries: A decomposition analysis of the wealth-based gaps.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Family planning and maternal care services have become increasingly available in West Africa but the level of non-use remains high. This unfavorable outcome may be partly due to the unaffordability of reproductive health care services.

Methods

Using the Demographic Health Survey data from Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal, we perform a decomposition analysis to quantify the contribution of socio-demographic characteristics to disparities in exposure to mass media information on family planning, use of modern contraceptives, adequate antenatal care visits, facility-based childbirth and C-section between low-wealth and high-wealth women.

Results

Our study shows that differences in maternal characteristics between the wealth groups explain at le

SUBMITTER: Ogundele OJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7099835 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature