Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 9.11 Problems in accessing health carePercentage of women who report they have big problems in accessing health care for themselves when they aresick, by type of problem and background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Problems in accessing health care–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Knowing Getting Gettingwhere permission money Distance Anyto go to go for treat- to Availability of the NumberBackground for for meant or health of specified ofcharacteristic treatment treatment transport facility transport problems women–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Age15-19 7.8 4.8 59.7 40.9 42.0 71.5 1,81120-29 6.5 4.4 65.1 45.1 46.2 76.6 3,04030-39 6.7 2.5 69.5 47.1 50.5 79.8 1,73840-49 7.6 3.9 76.0 51.6 54.5 85.1 1,069Number of living children0 7.7 4.9 59.0 39.3 40.7 71.4 2,0671-2 6.5 4.3 65.2 44.7 46.1 76.2 2,4313-4 7.4 3.3 70.5 49.3 53.3 81.1 1,5785+ 6.3 2.9 73.6 51.0 52.1 83.0 1,582Marital statusNever married 7.1 5.0 59.1 38.2 39.2 70.5 1,897Married or living together 6.5 3.3 66.4 47.4 49.4 77.9 4,694Divorced, separated, widowed 9.1 5.0 79.1 50.1 52.8 86.9 1,067ResidenceUrban 5.2 3.0 58.5 25.2 28.0 66.2 3,073Rural 8.1 4.7 71.6 59.1 60.3 84.8 4,585ProvinceCentral 12.2 4.8 66.0 58.0 50.2 82.4 562Copperbelt 5.5 3.3 57.1 27.6 28.0 66.0 1,544Eastern 3.4 2.6 78.4 52.1 57.7 83.2 926Luapula 0.6 3.8 60.9 57.8 56.2 77.2 622Lusaka 6.5 4.1 66.9 32.1 36.9 75.6 1,132Northern 4.8 1.2 68.0 55.7 59.4 82.5 1,040North-Western 7.0 5.8 73.1 56.6 57.9 82.1 354Southern 8.9 4.7 69.6 50.8 56.2 80.6 814Western 18.8 9.2 65.5 50.1 49.5 79.6 663EducationNo education 9.7 6.1 78.0 61.8 63.6 88.0 925Primary 7.4 3.9 71.6 50.7 53.3 82.8 4,439Secondary 5.4 2.8 53.8 30.2 30.7 64.6 2,061Higher 2.5 7.6 31.0 15.7 17.6 43.7 234EmploymentNot employed 6.7 3.8 65.9 41.5 44.1 75.1 3,274Working for cash 6.8 4.2 67.3 42.3 44.7 77.6 2,553Not working for cash 7.8 3.9 65.8 57.1 56.8 81.0 1,830Total 7.0 4.0 66.4 45.5 47.3 77.3 7,658–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Note: The total includes one woman with data missing for employmentIt is also quite evident that women with no education are more likely to experience problems inaccessing health care compared with their counterparts with higher education. Women with no educationare more likely to have problems with finding money for treatment or transport (78 percent) than womenwith higher than secondary education (31 percent). Getting money for treatment or transport is the mostfrequently reported problem in all nine provinces. Women in Lusaka and Copperbelt were notably lesslikely to cite distance to the health facility and availability of transport as a problem in accessing healthcare than women in other provinces.142 | Maternal and Child Health