@article{Alex-Ojei:287474,
      recid = {287474},
      author = {Alex-Ojei, C. A. and Adeyemi, G. and Oladele, R. S. and  Udeze, J. C.},
      title = {Determinants of pregnancy outcomes among rural women in  Nigeria},
      journal = {Nigerian Journal of Rural Sociology},
      address = {2016},
      number = {2202-2019-1102},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {It is evident that rural women, due to their lower  socioeconomic status and the reduced presence of standard  healthcare facilities for pregnancy and childbirth, are at  higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes than their urban  counterparts. This study examined the determinants of  pregnancy outcomes among rural women in Nigeria.  Quantitative secondary data were obtained from the women’s  dataset of the 2013 NDHS with 1,096 eligible respondents.  Data were analyzed at univariate, bivariate and  multivariate levels with frequencies, chi square test and  binary logistic regression respectively. At the bivariate  level of analysis, age, marital status and number of ANC  visits were significantly related to pregnancy termination  (p<0.05), while educational status, religion, the region of  residence, wealth status, maternal parity and the place of  delivery had no significant relationship with pregnancy  termination (p>0.05). Also, education, the region of  residence, wealth status, the number of ANC visits, and the  place of delivery had a significant relationship with birth  weight (p<0.05), while age, marital status, religion, and  maternal parity had no relationship with birth weight  (p>0.05). At the multivariate level, it was discovered that  maternal age, wealth status, the region of residence, and  antenatal care use were significant predictors of pregnancy  termination (p<0.05) while maternal age, region of  residence, wealth status, antenatal care use and place of  delivery predicted birth weight (p<0.05). It is recommended  that efforts be made to improve rural women’s  socio-economic status, as well as further encourage the use  of antenatal services and skilled attendance at birth to  ensure positive birth outcomes and reduction in maternal  and child mortality.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/287474},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.287474},
}