NMICS 2010 Report - Central Bureau of Statistics

NMICS 2010, Mid- and Far Western Regionsleast secondary education. Only 20 percent of women from the poorest quintile received at leastfour visits compared to 73 percent of women in the richest quintile.Table RH.5: Number of antenatal care visitsPercentage of women aged 15–49 years who had a live birth during the two years preceding the survey by number of antenatal care visitsby any provider, MFWR, Nepal, 2010RegionNoantenatalcare visitsPercent who had: Total No. of1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4 or morevisits[1]Missing/don’tknowwomenaged 15–49years whohad livebirth in twoyearsprecedingsurveyMid-Western 28.2 5.6 9.1 22.7 34.3 0.1 100.0 687Far Western 19.4 4.6 10.8 16.6 47.7 0.5 100.0 578SubregionAreaMid-Western Mountains 35.1 6.3 12.4 25.2 20.6 0.4 100.0 101Mid-Western Hills 29.4 6.9 10.2 21.5 32.0 0.0 100.0 373Mid-Western Terai 22.9 2.8 5.5 23.6 44.9 0.3 100.0 213Far Western Mountains 32.8 3.4 12.7 17.6 32.2 1.3 100.0 104Far Western Hills 21.9 6.0 10.8 19.9 40.6 0.8 100.0 198Far Western Terai 12.6 4.0 10.2 13.9 58.6 0.0 100.0 275Urban 15.9 4.8 7.1 16.6 53.1 0.9 100.0 120Rural 25.1 5.1 10.2 20.3 39.1 0.2 100.0 1,144EducationNone 34.9 6.5 12.0 19.0 27.0 0.3 100.0 699Primary 14.9 4.7 6.0 24.5 49.5 0.5 100.0 230Secondary + 8.3 2.5 8.2 18.7 62.2 0.2 100.0 335Wealth index quintilePoorest 43.0 4.2 15.0 17.8 19.5 0.5 100.0 321Second 23.7 12.2 8.2 19.3 36.2 0.4 100.0 285Middle 23.1 4.3 12.5 23.3 36.6 0.2 100.0 255Fourth 14.3 2.3 6.6 22.8 53.7 0.3 100.0 214Richest 5.7 0.1 3.9 16.7 72.6 0.0 100.0 188Total 24.2 5.1 9.9 19.9 40.4 0.3 100.0 1,265[1] MICS Indicator 5.5b; MDG Indicator 5.5Pregnant women should have their blood pressure measured, a urine sample taken, and a bloodsample taken during antenatal care. The services received by women aged 15–49 years who havegiven birth to a live child during their latest pregnancy in the two years preceding the survey areshown in Table RH.6. Some 32 percent of women in the MFWR had received all three services; 55percent reported that their blood pressure was measured, 46 percent reported that a urine samplewas taken, and 36 percent reported that a blood sample was taken. Some 35 percent of women inthe Mid-Western Region and 27 percent in the Far Western Region had received all three services.Subregionally, the highest percentage in the Mid-Western Terai (37 percent) and the lowest was inthe Far Western Mountains (16 percent). Urban women (55 percent) were more likely to receive allthree services than rural women (29 percent). Women’s education level and wealth quintile bothinfluenced the likelihood of their receiving all three services. Only 20 percent of women with noeducation received them compared to 36 percent of women with primary education and 53 percentof women with at least secondary education. Only 16 percent of women from the poorest quintilereceived all three services compared to 56 percent of women in the richest quintile.112