Table 3

Access to health facilities and household decision making on key events, SNNPR, 2013

CharacteristicsFrequency (%)
Closest health facility using the most accessible transport method
 Hospital94 (4.2)
 Health centre595 (26.7)
 Higher clinic21 (0.9)
 Health post1515 (68.1)
 Total2225 (100.0)
Decision maker on household financial expenditure
 Woman and her male partner861 (38.7)
 Woman respondent154 (6.9)
 Male partner1193 (53.6)
 Woman’s close relative13 (0.6)
 Others4 (0.2)
Total (n)2225 (100.0)
Decision maker on healthcare service utilisation
 Woman and her male partner715 (32.1)
 Woman respondent788 (35.4)
 Male partner699 (31.4)
 Woman’s close relative5 (0.2)
 Others18 (0.8)
Total (n)2225 (100.0)
Decision maker on place of delivery
 Woman and her male partner705 (31.7)
 Woman respondent934 (42.0)
 Male partner516 (23.2)
 Woman’s close relative8 (0.4)
 Others62 (2.8)
Total (n)2225 (100.0)
  • SNNPR, Southern Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region.