Survey of 427 Women on Skilled Birth Attendants and Facility Delivery in Obudu, Nigeria

Chioma Ubah's dataset contains research information from 427 women of child-bearing age in Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria. The data includes socio-demographic characteristics, usage of skilled birth attendants and facility-based delivery, and perceptions of health service quality. It was last updated on 2026-05 31 and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling factors influencing facility-based delivery usage based on socio-demographic characteristics.
• Analyzing correlations between perceptions of health service quality and skilled birth attendant utilization.
• Identifying key barriers and facilitators to maternal healthcare access in a specific Nigerian region.

Strengths

• Contains data from 427 survey respondents, providing a substantive sample.
• Includes both behavioral data (service usage) and perceptual data (quality of care).
• Explicitly captures information on barriers and facilitators, which is valuable for intervention analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's 117.1 KB size suggests a limited scope and number of variables.

Provenance

Source

Chioma Ubah via figshare.

Collection Method

Survey research of women of child-bearing age.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-31 21:01:11; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Obudu Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria.