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Table 3 Subgroup analysis results of the prevalence of MHS indicators for region and data source

From: Utilization of maternal healthcare services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Outcome

Group

Sub-group

No. of studies

Total sample size (average sample size)

Pooled prevalence (95% CI)

Quantifying heterogeneity

Q statistics (p-value)

Overall

Groupwise

\({\tau }^{2}\left(95\% \text{CI}\right),\)

\({I}^{2}(\%)\)

\({\tau }^{2}; {I}^{2}(\%)\)

ANC1

Region

SSA

47

820,905 (17,466)

83.9 (79.1–87.8)

1.27 (0.92, 1.89), 99.9

1.23, 99.9

1.18 (0.277)

SSEA

16

859,051 (53,691)

88.3 (80.8–93.1)

1.37, 99.9

Data source

Primary

33

25,186 (763)

87.5 (83.0–91.0)

1.23 (0.89, 1.81), 99.9

1.27, 100.0

2.50 (0.114)

Secondary

33

2,180,527 (66,077)

82.1 (75.7–87.1)

1.06, 98.8

ANC4

Region

SSA

66

783,066 (15,661)

47.6 (42.0–53.2)

0.90 (0.70, 1.22), 99.9

0.86, 100.0

2.47 (0.116)

SSEA

36

1,096,344 (47,667)

61.7 (51.0–71.4)

0.94, 99.9

Data source

Primary

43

30,182 (862)

50.4 (42.4–58.4)

0.87 (0.68, 1.17), 100.0

1.15, 99.3

0.02 (0.892)

Secondary

65

2521,007 (61,488)

51.0 (46.0–56.2)

0.71, 100.0

SBA

Region

SSA

22

372,457 (16,930)

64.0 (53.3–73.6)

0.96 (0.63, 1.63), 100.0

1.14, 99.9

0.76 (0.382)

SSEA

15

550,381 (36,692)

70.1 (60.4–78.3)

0.72, 100.0

Data source

Primary

11

7049 (641)

78.5 (70.2–85.0)

0.94 (0.64, 1.54), 100.0

0.54, 97.6

9.72 (0.002)

Secondary

31

3,203,477 (103,338)

60.3 (52.0–68.0)

0.90, 100.0

ID

Region

SSA

41

316,396 (7717)

68.1 (58.4–76.4)

1.38 (1.02, 2.18)

1.85, 99.9

0.13 (0.721)

SSEA

19

136,2006 (71,685)

66.0 (58.4–72.8)

0.52, 99.9

Data source

Primary

28

24,429 (872)

68.2 (60.0–75.7)

1.34 (1.00, 2.09), 100.0

0.99, 98.8

0.14 (0.712)

Secondary

35

2,384,091 (68,117)

65.9 (55.7–74.8)

1.68, 100.0

PNC

Region

SSA

20

231,964 (11,598)

46.5 (36.6–56.6)

0.89 (0.57, 1.56), 100.0

0.86, 99.9

0.36 (0.549)

SSEA

13

694,191 (533,399)

51.6 (38.4–64.7)

0.98, 100.0

Data source

Primary

13

4803 (600)

44.3 (31.9–57.4)

0.82 (0.54, 1.40), 100.0

0.94, 98.6

0.77 (0.380)

Secondary

24

758,633 (50,576)

51.4 (42.6–60.0)

0.77, 100.0