Demographic and Health Survey 2009-10 - Timor-Leste Ministry of ...

Where health services are present, there are many factors—social, cultural, and economic—
that cause women not to use the services, particularly when the health concern is related to sexual or
reproductive matters. Information on such factors is particularly important in understanding and
addressing the barriers women face in seeking care during pregnancy and at the time of delivery. In
the 2009-10 TLDHS, women were asked whether each of the following factors would be a big
problem or not a big problem in seeking health care for themselves: getting permission to go for
treatment, getting money for treatment, distance to a health facility, having to take transportation, not
wanting to go alone to the health facility, concern that there may not be a female provider, concern
that there may be no health provider, and concern that there may be no drugs available. The results are
shown in Table 10.14.
Table 10.14 Problems in accessing health care
Percentage of women age 15-49 who reported that they have serious problems in accessing health care for themselves when they are sick, by type of
problem, according to background characteristics, Timor-Leste 2009-10
Background
characteristic
Getting
permission
to go for
treatment
Getting
money for
treatment
Distance to
health
facility
Problems in accessing health care
Having to
take
transport
Not
wanting to
go alone
Concern no
female
provider
available
Concern
no provider
available
Concern no
drugs
available
At least one
problem
accessing
health care
Number of
women
Age
15-19 24.9 37.8 53.2 59.6 48.4 64.9 81.9 86.5 96.0 3,144
20-34 22.7 33.6 52.5 58.0 42.6 61.7 81.4 85.8 95.7 5,774
35-49
Number of living
children
22.3 36.6 54.4 61.0 40.1 63.7 84.1 87.9 96.2 4,219
0 24.3 36.4 51.6 57.9 45.6 63.3 80.9 85.7 95.6 5,178
1-2 21.4 32.5 52.6 57.4 42.1 61.5 83.1 87.4 96.0 2,350
3-4 22.4 34.7 53.3 58.7 41.2 60.3 83.2 86.9 95.8 2,554
5+
Marital status
22.9 37.4 56.7 63.9 41.7 66.2 83.7 87.5 96.6 3,055
Never married
Married or living
24.6 36.9 51.5 57.9 45.9 63.1 80.5 85.6 95.6 4,675
together
Divorced/separated/
22.3 34.7 54.3 60.3 41.7 63.1 83.4 87.3 96.1 7,906
widowed
Employed last 12 months
21.9 37.5 53.7 58.2 41.8 63.2 83.1 86.1 95.8 556
Not employed 26.8 38.8 55.6 60.0 42.3 63.0 84.0 87.8 96.1 7,951
Employed for cash 16.7 20.7 38.1 42.3 33.2 41.6 81.7 85.3 93.7 1,054
Employed not for cash
Residence
17.5 33.3 52.6 62.5 47.5 68.6 79.5 84.9 96.1 4,130
Urban 21.5 28.1 32.3 35.3 32.5 41.3 78.6 83.7 94.2 3,439
Rural
District
23.7 38.3 60.7 67.9 47.0 70.8 83.7 87.7 96.6 9,698
Aileu 46.1 64.2 71.2 74.8 69.9 74.3 90.1 92.6 95.4 554
Ainaro 28.4 56.3 59.3 48.9 46.8 71.4 86.6 89.2 91.8 619
Baucau 46.8 54.5 62.5 87.0 13.9 70.4 97.2 97.5 98.9 1,408
Bobonaro 2.3 12.3 40.8 42.6 48.7 60.1 64.5 91.4 96.1 1,262
Covalima 40.5 61.1 77.4 62.3 50.6 43.6 83.6 83.8 95.4 781
Dili 19.7 23.9 26.1 30.6 34.1 32.8 75.8 82.4 94.7 2,466
Ermera 5.5 10.3 42.8 77.9 53.2 91.9 68.3 66.3 99.8 1,542
Lautem 47.8 57.8 74.3 75.7 69.7 84.5 99.2 99.2 99.6 864
Liquiçá 26.8 43.3 53.6 50.6 35.9 64.3 68.7 70.5 83.9 801
Manatuto 19.1 42.3 58.4 44.6 34.7 68.2 84.1 83.5 90.6 603
Manufahi 4.4 16.4 41.3 54.9 53.4 28.9 89.5 92.4 96.1 470
Oecussi 11.7 33.8 70.0 61.4 15.2 74.7 94.5 97.4 98.3 884
Viqueque
Education
18.0 39.6 79.2 84.5 73.2 75.3 97.5 97.6 100.0 882
No education 20.8 38.1 60.0 68.3 45.4 71.8 82.3 86.2 97.0 3,854
Primary 23.7 39.0 59.1 63.8 43.9 66.0 83.4 88.1 95.9 3,005
Secondary 24.1 32.8 47.9 53.8 42.4 57.5 82.3 86.2 95.4 5,829
More than secondary
Wealth quintile
26.6 27.7 27.5 24.6 29.3 41.4 77.7 86.1 93.9 449
Lowest 24.6 48.8 72.1 75.8 48.1 72.9 90.6 93.2 97.8 2,314
Second 24.6 39.1 62.7 73.2 49.9 74.1 83.7 86.8 96.9 2,468
Middle 22.0 36.6 57.9 66.5 46.8 69.7 80.5 84.8 96.2 2,590
Fourth 22.7 32.2 50.7 55.5 41.2 62.9 80.2 85.6 95.4 2,687
Highest 22.1 25.1 29.9 33.3 32.7 41.5 78.7 84.0 93.9 3,077
Total 23.1 35.6 53.3 59.4 43.2 63.1 82.4 86.6 95.9 13,137
Note: Total includes 2 women with information missing on employment status.
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