Determinants of demand for institutional delivery care services in Sagaing Division of Myamnar

Abstract

The objective is to study the determinants of demand for institutional delivery care services among reproductive age (15-49) women with a child under 3 years of age residing in Sagaing Division of Myanmar. The conceptual framework consists of three main factors: (1) economic factors; (2) socio-demographic factors; and (3) perceived need that influence the demand for delivery care services. Chi-square test of independency and a logit model is used for the analysis. 414 women of reproductive age with a child under 3 years of age living in three townships of Sagaing Division were interviewed from February to March 2011. The empirical model found that income, education and parity of women determined the likelihood of demand for institutional delivery care services. All the expected signs of the model were consistent with those of expectation, theories and other studies, apart from distance variable but it was also insignificant. The change in each significant variable significantly changed the probability of demand for institutional delivery care services. The low household income with less educated women who had higher order of births was sensitive to changes in those significant variables for likelihood of demand for institutional delivery care services.