Palestinian Family Survey 2010 Final Report - Palestinian Central ...

PCBS: Palestinian Family Survey, 2010Table RH.6: Antenatal care coveragePercentage Distribution of Births (Last birth) during the last two years preceding the survey by mothers’ receiving antenatalcare and by selected background characteristics, State of Palestine 2010Background characteristicsReceiving antenatal careReceived antenatal Didn’t received antenatalcare at least once Totalcare at least once fromskilled provider from skilled providerRegionWest Bank 97.8 2.2 100.0 2594Gaza Strip 98.2 1.8 100.0 1877Locality typeUrban 98.1 1.9 100.0 3248Rural 97.4 2.6 100.0 760Camps 97.9 2.1 100.0 464Women’s age15-19 97.1 2.9 100.0 29820-34 98.0 2.0 100.0 350335-49 98.0 2.0 100.0 668Mother’s EducationNo education 95.6 4.4 100.0 232Primary 97.9 2.1 100.0 2206Secondary + above 98.3 1.7 100.0 2033State of Palestine 98.0 2.0 100.0 4471Number of womenwho gave birth inthe preceding twoyearsAntenatal care visitsData from the PFS 2010 show that 94 percent of pregnant women who stated receiving antenatal care visited healthcare centers at least four times; of which about 93 percent were in the West Bank and about 96 percent in the GazaStrip. Attendance of pregnant women for antenatal care was lowest in the rural areas at about 90 percent compared to95 percent in urban areas and 97 percent in Camps. Only two percent of pregnant women didn’t visit any health careprovider during their pregnancy. Number of visits is associated with women’s educational level, where 96 percent ofpregnant women whose education is secondary and above complete at least four visits, compared to pregnant womenwith no education where it was about 83 percent.Table RH.7: Number of antenatal care visitsPercentage Distribution of Births (Last birth) during the last two years preceding the survey whose mothers receivedantenatal care by number of visits, education and region, State of Palestine , 2010Background characteristicsNovisitOnevisitTwovisitsThreevisitsFour ormore visitsDon’tknowRegionWest Bank 1.7 0.6 1.2 3.1 92.7 0.7 2594Gaza Strip 1.2 0.3 0.7 1.9 95.7 0.2 1877Locality typeUrban 1.4 0.4 0.8 2.2 94.6 0.5 3248Rural 2.0 1.1 1.7 4.9 89.9 0.4 760Camps 0.9 0.0 1.0 1.3 96.5 0.4 464Mother’s EducationNo education 4.0 2.6 3.0 6.1 83.4 0.9 232Primary 1.6 0.6 1.1 2.9 93.4 0.5 2206Secondary + above 1.1 0.1 0.7 1.8 95.8 0.5 2033State of Palestine 1.5 0.5 1.0 2.6 94.0 0.5 4471Number of women who gave birth inthe preceding two years90