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Ethnic Disparities In Prenatal Care Utilization In Vietnam, Ha Ngoc Trinh
Ethnic Disparities In Prenatal Care Utilization In Vietnam, Ha Ngoc Trinh
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Prenatal care is credited with reducing neonatal, perinatal, and maternal mortality and morbidity. The main purpose of the thesis is to examine the ethnic disparities between majority and ethnic minority women in prenatal care usage. The thesis also analyzes the effects of age, education attainment, female employment, and region on prenatal care utilization in Vietnam. I employ the Demographic and Health Survey 2002 in Vietnam. Descriptive statistic and logistic regression are the two statistical tests employed in this research. Results exhibit evidence of ethnic disparities in type of prenatal care utilization. Although ethnic minority women are likely to enter prenatal …