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Access to Antenatal Care in Laos: Analysis Using National Level Survey*
Author(s) -
Onphanhdala Phanhpakit,
Philavong Vanvisa,
Kadoya Yoshihiko,
Rahim Khan Mostafa S.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.345
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-8381
pISSN - 1351-3958
DOI - 10.1111/asej.12220
Subject(s) - residence , ethnic group , logistic regression , prenatal care , demography , rural area , logit , medicine , socioeconomics , geography , environmental health , political science , economics , population , sociology , pathology , law , econometrics
Laos has the highest maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asia. The present study examines antenatal care and birth location in relation to the residence, household education levels, wealth, ethnicity, age and media interest of pregnant women. The logit and OLS regression results show that pregnant women living in urban areas and rural areas with roads, from wealthy families, in the Lao ethnic group and in the young age group are more likely to receive antenatal care and have professional health workers deliver their children. Therefore, greater governmental efforts are required to make antenatal care available to all pregnant women.