Original Research Article
Year: 2022 | Month: January | Volume: 9 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 312-320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20220137
Demographic Determinants of Health Care-Seeking Behaviour among Women in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria
Nwiko, Kuebeari M.1, Asogwa, Emmanuel U.2, Achalu, Ernest I.3
1,2,3Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Corresponding Author: Nwiko, Kuebeari M.
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the demographic determinants of health care-seeking behaviour among women in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Five research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. Descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted. The sample size of 1,200 women was selected using multi-stage sampling procedures. Self-structured instrument, whose reliability was determined using Cronbach Alpha Correlation was used for data collection. The study utilized statistical tools of Mean Standard deviation and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) to analyze the data. The result of the study showed that the respondents had good health care-seeking behaviour in terms of action on perceived signs and symptoms ( 
= 2.67 ± 0.89), test-seeking ( 
= 2.93 ± 0.94), choice of health care services (
= 3.36 ± 0.76), treatment-seeking ( 
= 2.86 ± 0.95), and treatment- adherence (
= 2.87 ± 0.85). The findings also showed that demographic factors of age (F=8.767, P < 0.000), occupation (F = 19.304, P < 0.000), educational level (F = 3.019, P < 0.029), and income level (F = 4.680, P < 0.003) were significant determinants of health care seeking behaviour of the women. The study recommended among others that women should be empowered more through educational and employment opportunities
Keywords: Demographic Factors, and Health Care-Seeking Behaviour.
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