TY - RPRT AU - Mehari, Asmeret Moges CY - Calverton, Maryland, USA TI - Levels and determinants of use of institutional delivery care services among women of childbearing age in Ethiopia: Analysis of EDHS 2000 and 2005 data T2 - DHS Working Papers No. 83 PB - ICF International PY - 2013 UR - http://dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/WP83/WP83.pdf AB - In Ethiopia, the proportion of births that occur at home remains high, and skilled health professionals attend very few births. Considering these facts, this study examined factors determining institutional delivery care service utilization in Ethiopia, using data from two rounds of the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) in Ethiopia (2000 and 2005). Using the binomial logistic regression model, the study showed that women residing in urban areas, women with secondary and higher education, and women from the wealthiest households were most likely to utilize delivery care services. In addition, the study found that four or more antenatal visits and birth order of children were significant predictors of institutional delivery. Further, the study showed that delivery service utilization did not change significantly between the two survey years. Based on these findings, it can be recommended that there should be progress toward a health education program that enables more women to utilize maternal health care services, including delivery care. To meet the goal, this program should target specific groups, including rural and uneducated women, through appropriate media. It should also target mothers with higher birth orders and should encourage more use of antenatal care during pregnancy. Finally, improvement in the socioeconomic status of women is crucial to enabling more women to seek care during pregnancy and delivery. N1 - For assistance using downloaded citations from The DHS Program, please visit http://dhsprogram.com/publications/Citing-DHS-Publications.cfm. The DHS Working Papers series is a prepublication series of papers reporting on research in progress that is based on Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data. This research is carried out with support provided by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through the MEASURE DHS project (#GPO-C-00-08-00008-00). The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. MEASURE DHS assists countries worldwide in the collection and use of data to monitor and evaluate population, health, and nutrition programs. Additional information about the MEASURE DHS project can be obtained by contacting MEASURE DHS, ICF Macro, 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300 Calverton, MD 20705 (telephone: 301-572-0200; fax: 301-572-0999; email: reports@measuredhs.com; internet: www.measuredhs.com). ER -