Women's perceptions of antenatal, delivery, and postpartum services in rural Tanzania

Figures & data

Table 1 Distribution of maternal health services in Tanzania

Distribution by region, education, and wealth status	Antenatal coverage (at least one visit) as compared to the four visits needed (%)	Skilled delivery coverage (delivery at health care facility) (%)	Postpartum service coverage (%)
Geographical area
Rural	95.1	41.9	30.5
Urban	98.6	82.4	51.5
Education
No education	93.5	33.8	23
Secondary +	97.8	84.6	58.5
Wealth
Lowest quintile	94.1	33.1	23.5
Highest quintile	98.9	89.6	55.7

Source: Ref. 16.

Table 2 Example of process of analysis

Meaning unit	Condensed meaning unit	Code^a
There are plenty of them (TBAs). Women go to give birth. When you go to the village, there are so many women not going to the hospital. They deliver at home where the TBAs help them.	Plenty of TBAs and women in villages give birth with their help. Women do not go to the hospital.	TBAs assisting women to deliver.

^aThe code was later part of the category ‘Barriers to accessing maternal health services’.