All books bought on the website can only be read on the app. Download Jackobian to have access to your materials
This study investigates the relationship between household wealth and child health-
care utilization in Nigeria. The study employed descriptive statistics and poison
regression analysis with cross-sectional data sourced from a demographic and health
survey. The results from the study indicate that wealth is statistically significant to
child healthcare utilization or household decision on seeking healthcare services
for their child. Also, education of the household head, cost of healthcare services,
health insurance status of the child, age of child, and household size or number of
household members are socioeconomic factors that impact child healthcare utiliza-
tion in Nigeria. The study also finds that households in higher wealth index are more
likely to seek healthcare for the child, while households with higher education and
health insurance and those within the middle to richest wealth quintiles are more
likely to seek appropriate healthcare for the child compared to those in the poorer to
poorest wealth quintiles. The findings also indicate that cost of healthcare services is
a major socioeconomic factor that influences child healthcare utilization. Low cost
of healthcare services is likely to aid household demand for child healthcare com-
pared to the high cost of healthcare services. In addition, the study finds that the
demand for child healthcare falls with the age of the child. The study concludes that
differences in the utilization of child healthcare among households may be caused
by wealth inequality and other factors. This is supported by the fact that most house-
holds in the lower wealth quintile and socioeconomic status seek healthcare for the
child from the traditional means and chemist instead of going to hospitals with qual-
ify doctors and nurses.
