Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 9.9 Visits by health workersPercentage of all women 15-49 visited by a health worker in the 12 months preceding the survey, and, of those visited, thepercentage who received specific services, by background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Services provided–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––PercentageInformation,visited Anti- educa- Numberby Number Pills, malarial Mos- Vita- tion, Immu- ofBackground health of condoms, ORS medi- Weighed quito min coun- nisa- womencharacteristic worker women foam packets Clorin cine baby net A seling tions Other visited–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 6.7 1,811 5.4 0.3 5.0 1.4 4.8 2.1 14.8 33.5 43.2 7.1 12120-24 10.2 1,664 3.3 2.1 4.4 2.6 7.2 1.8 10.0 48.9 23.3 5.3 16925-29 8.9 1,376 5.2 2.4 6.7 0.5 3.8 1.6 17.6 39.1 31.9 7.0 12330-34 12.2 972 9.8 3.5 6.5 0.0 7.6 0.0 13.4 40.5 26.6 6.5 11835-39 12.4 766 6.6 1.8 1.1 2.0 2.0 1.1 12.6 57.9 22.0 7.8 9540-44 11.2 601 5.3 0.6 1.7 0.0 7.0 1.3 17.5 52.3 25.6 5.7 6745-49 11.6 467 5.6 3.5 9.8 3.0 1.9 0.0 13.8 55.3 21.7 9.7 54ResidenceUrban 7.4 3,073 7.3 2.9 11.4 0.5 5.6 0.4 15.7 49.0 18.1 8.5 229Rural 11.3 4,585 5.1 1.6 2.1 1.8 5.1 1.6 13.0 43.8 32.9 6.0 519ProvinceCentral 5.4 562 4.2 2.1 8.3 10.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.8 4.2 16.7 30Copperbelt 7.7 1,544 5.6 2.8 5.6 1.4 6.9 1.4 26.4 43.1 18.1 12.5 118Eastern 6.8 926 16.4 8.2 3.3 1.6 9.8 3.3 11.5 52.5 0.0 3.3 63Luapula 9.9 622 1.6 0.0 4.8 0.0 4.8 3.2 16.1 79.0 0.0 0.0 62Lusaka 6.5 1,132 10.3 1.7 20.7 3.4 6.9 0.0 1.7 62.1 0.0 8.6 73Northern 9.1 1,040 8.5 0.9 0.9 0.9 6.6 2.8 4.7 74.5 3.8 6.6 94North-Western 28.8 354 0.4 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 3.5 92.5 1.2 102Southern 7.4 814 9.6 1.9 9.6 0.0 5.8 1.9 9.6 65.4 0.0 7.7 60Western 21.7 663 1.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 4.9 0.0 28.9 18.3 63.4 7.0 144EducationNo education 9.6 925 7.7 1.4 3.3 0.0 6.3 2.5 9.3 48.8 30.8 3.8 89Primary 9.5 4,439 5.3 2.3 4.7 0.9 5.5 0.9 15.6 45.2 30.3 5.9 423Secondary or higher 10.3 2,295 5.8 1.8 5.9 2.8 4.4 1.5 12.5 44.5 24.0 9.4 235Total 9.8 7,658 5.7 2.0 4.9 1.4 5.3 1.3 13.9 45.4 28.4 6.7 747Neighbourhood Health CommitteeTables 9.10.1 and 9.10.2 show the percentage of women and men who report there is a NeighbourhoodHealth Committee (NHC) in their community and the percentage who have ever attended anNHC meeting, by background characteristics. A NHC is a committee selected by people in the communityto assist in the management and financing of health services in the community. Forty-two percentof women report the existence of an NHC in their community, 33 percent in urban areas and 48 percent inrural areas. Men are less likely to report having an NHC in their neighbourhood (37 percent). NHCs areapparently more common in the rural provinces than in the predominantly urban provinces. Amongpeople who report having an NHC in their community, only 23 percent of women and 42 percent of menreported ever attending an NHC meeting. Attendance is higher in rural than urban areas.Maternal and Child Health | 139