References
[1] Federal Ministry of Health (2007) Nature, Strategic Framework on the Health and Development of Adolescents and Young people in Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja.
[2] Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) (2000) Nigeria: DHS, 1999—Final Report. Measure DHS, Calverton.
[3] Jenna, K, Muller, B. and Quiros, A. (2009) Women, Men, and the Changing Role of Gender in Immigration. Student Research Series, 3, 1-14.
[4] Jejeebhoy, S.J. (2002) Convergence and Divergence in Spouses’ Perspectives on Women’s Autonomy in Rural India. Studies in Family Planning, 33, 299-308.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4465.2002.00299.x
[5] Jejeebhoy, S.J. (2001) Women’s Autonomy in India and Pakistan: The Influence of Religion and Region. Population and Development Review, 27, 687-712.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2001.00687.x
[6] Adewuyi, A. (1999) Understanding Male Involvement in Maternal Emergencies. Oke Gada, Ede.
[7] Renne, E.P. (1993) Gender Ideology and Fertility Strategies in an Ekiti Yoruba Village. Studies in Family Planning, 24, 343-353.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2939244
[8] Omideyi, A. (1987) Status, Cultural Beliefs and Fertility Behavior among Yoruba Women. In: Ebigbola, J. and Van de Walle, E., Eds., The Cultural Roots of African Fertility Regimes: Proceedings of the Ife Conferences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife and University of Pennsylavania, Philadelphia, 151-165.
[9] Mama, A. (1996) Women’s Studies and Studies of Women in Africa during the 1990s. Working Paper Series 5/96, CODESRIA, Daker.
[10] Longwe, S.H. (2002) Assessment of the Gender Orientation of NEPAD. In: Nyong’o, P.A., Ed., New Partnership for Africa’s Development NEPAD: A New Path, Heinrich Boll Foundation, Nairobi, 252-274.
[11] Shah, I.H. and Say, L. (2007) Maternal Mortality and Maternity Care from 1990-2005: Uneven but Important Gains. Reproductive Health Matters, 15, 17-27.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0968-8080(07)30339-X
[12] Ujah, I.A.O., Aisien, O.A., Mutihir, J.T., Vanderagt, D.J., Glew, R.H. and Uguru, V.E. (2005) Factors Contributing to Maternal Mortality in North-Central Nigeria: A Seventeen-Year Review. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 9, 27-40.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3583409
[13] Dyson, T. and Moore, M. (1993) On Kinship Structure, Female Autonomy and Demographic Behaviour in India. Population and Development Review, 9, 35-60.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1972894
[14] Parpart, J., Connelly, M. and Barriteu, V. (2000) Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development. International Development Research Centre, Ottawa.
[15] Caldwell, J.C. (1986) Routes to Low Mortality in Poor Countries. Population and Development Review, 12, 171-220.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1973108
[16] Caldwell, J.C. (1977) Towards a Restatement of Demographic Transition Theory. In: John, C.C., Ed., The Persistence of High Fertility, Australian National University, Canberra, 25-119.
[17] Afonja, S. (1986) Women Power and Authority in Traditional Yoruba Society. In: Dube, L., Leacock, E. and Ardener, S., Eds., Visibility and Power, Bergin and Garvey, South Hadley, 136-157.
[18] Obermeyer, C.M. (1993) Culture, Maternal Health Care, and Women’s Status: A Comparison of Morocco and Tunisia. Studies in Family Planning, 24, 354-365.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2939245
[19] Wall, L.L. (1998) Dead Mothers and Injured Wives: The Social Context of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality among the Hausa of Northern Nigeria. Studies in Family Planning, 29, 341-359.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/172248
[20] Soares, R.R. (2005) Mortality Reductions, Educational Attainment, and Fertility Choice. American Economic Review, 95, 580-601.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/0002828054201486
[21] Mosley, W.H. and Lincoln, C.C. (1984) An Analytical Framework for the Study of Child Survival in Developing Countries. Population and Development Review, 10, 25-45.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2807954
[22] Mosley, W.H. (1984) Child Survival: Research and Policy. Population and Development Review, 10, 3-23.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2807953
[23] Preston, S.H. and Haines, M.R. (1991) Fatal Years: Child Mortality in Late Nineteenth Century America. Princeton University Press, Princeton.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9781400861897
[24] Subramanian, S.V., Belli, P. and Kawachi, I. (2002) The Macroeconomic Determinants of Health. Annual Review of Public Health, 23, 287-302.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.23.100901.140540
[25] Marmot, M. (2005) Social Determinants of Health Inequalities. The Lancet, 365, 1099-1104.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)74234-3
[26] Lieberman, E.S. (2007) Ethnic Politics, Risk, and Policy-Making: A Cross-National Statistical Analysis of Government Responses to HIV/AIDS. Comparative Political Studies, 40, 1407-1432.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0010414007306862
[27] Bloom, S.S., Wypij, D. and Das Gupta, M. (2001) Dimensions of Women’s Autonomy and the Influence on Maternal Health Care Utilization in a North Indian City. Demography, 38, 67-78.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/dem.2001.0001
[28] Addai, I. (2000) Determinants of Use of Maternal Child Health Services in Rural Ghana. Journal of Biosocial Science, 32, 1-15.
[29] Adetunji, J.A. (1991) Response of Parents to Five Killer Diseases among Children in a Yoruba Community, Nigeria. Social Science and Medicine, 32, 1379-1387.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0277-9536(91)90198-L
[30] World Health Organization (1998) Improved Access to Maternal Health Service. World Health Organization, Geneva.
[31] Biratu, B.T. and Lindstrom, D.P. (2006) The Influence of Husbands’ Approval on Women’s Use of Prenatal Care: Results from Yirgalem and Jimma Towns, South West Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 20, 84-92.
[32] Addai, I. (1998) Demographic and Socio-Cultural Factors Influencing Use of Maternal Health Services in Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2, 73-80.
[33] Leslie, J. and Gupta, G.R. (1989) Utilization of Formal Services for Maternal Nutrition and Health Care. International Center for Research on Women, Washington DC.
[34] Kistiana, S. (2009) Socio-Economic and Demographic Determinants of Maternal Health Care Utilization in Indonesia. Unpublished Master’s Theses, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide.
[35] Okeshola, F.B. and Ismail, T.S. (2013) Determinants of Home Delivery among Hausa in Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 3, 78.
[36] Elo, I.T. (1992) Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Peru: The Role of Women’s Education. Health Transition Review, 2, 49-69.
[37] Gabrysch, S. and Campbell, O.M.R. (2009) Still Too Far to Walk: Literature Review of the Determinants of Delivery Service Use. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 9, 34.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2393-9-34
[38] Omoruyi, G. (2008) Causes of Maternal Mortality in Nigeria. Sunday Observer.
[39] Lawoyin, T.O., Lawoyin, O.O.C. and Adewole, D.A. (2007) Men’s Perception of Maternal Mortality in Nigeria. Journal of Public Health Policy, 28, 299-318.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jphp.3200143
[40] Ajiboye, O.E. and Adebayo, K.A. (2012) Socio-Cultural Factors Affecting Pregnancy Outcome among the Ogu Speaking People of Badagry Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. International Journal of Humanities & Social Science, 2, 133.
[41] Ewa, E.E., Lasisi, C.J., Maduka, S.O., Ita, A.E., Ibor, U.W. and Anjorin, O.A. (2012) Perceived Factors Influencing the Choice of Antenatal Care and Delivery Centres among Childbearing Women in Ibadan North South-Western, Nigeria. Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 5, 373-383.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ejesm.v5i4.6
[42] Onasoga, O.A., Afolayan, J.A. and Oladimeij, B.D. (2012) Factors Influencing Utilization of Antenatal Care Services among Pregnant Women in Ife Central Lga, Osun State, Nigeria. Advances in Applied Science Research, 3, 1309-1315.
[43] Owumi, B. and Raji, S.O. (2013) Socio-Cultural Determinants of Maternal Health Care Seeking Behavior in Seme Side of Benin Republic. African Journal of Social Sciences, 3, 145-158.
[44] Muchabaiwa, L., Mazambani, D., Chigusiwa, L., Bindu, S. and Mudavanhu, V. (2012) Determinants of Maternal Healthcare Utilization in Zimbabwe. International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research, 5, 145-162.
[45] Stephenson, R., Baschieri, A., Clements, S., Hennink, M. and Madise, N. (2006) Contextual Influences on the Use of Health Facilities for Childbirth in Africa. American Journal of Public Health, 96, 84-93.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.057422
[46] World Health Organization (2005) The World Health Report 2005. World Health Organization, Geneva.
[47] Mekonnen, Y. and Mekonnen, A. (2002) Utilization of Maternal Health Care Services in Ethiopia. ORC Marco, Maryland.
[48] Navaneetham, K. and Dharmalingam, A. (2000) Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Services in South India. Faculty Seminar at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, 31 March 2000, 1-40.
[49] Boyle, M.H., Racine, Y., Georgiades, K., Snelling, D., Hong, S., Omariba, W., Hurley, P. and Rao-Melacini, P. (2006) The Influence of Economic Development Level, Household Wealth and Maternal Education on Child Health in the Developing World. Social Science and Medicine, 63, 2242-2254.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.04.034
[50] McCarthy, J. and Maine, D. (1992) A Framework for Analyzing the Determinants of Maternal Mortality. Studies in Family Planning, 23, 23-33.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1966825
[51] Dairo, M.D. and Owoyokun, K.E. (2010) Factors Affecting the Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Ibadan, Nigeria. Benin Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 12, 3-13.
[52] Kabir, M., Iluyasu, Z., Abubakar, I.S. and Sani, A.A. (2005) Determinants of Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Kumbotso Village, Northern Nigeria. Tropical Doctor, 35, 110-111.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/0049475054036814
[53] Biratu, B.T. and Lindstrom, D.P. (2000) The Influence of Husbands’ Approval on Women’s Use of Prenatal Care: Results from Yirgalem and Jimma Towns, South West Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 20, 84-92.
[54] White, D., Dynes, M., Rubardt, M., Sissoko, K. and Stephenson, R. (2013) The Influence of Intra-Familial Power on Maternal Health Care in Mali: Perspectives of Women, Men and Mothers-in-Law. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 39, 58-68.
[55] Fayomi, O.O. and Igbokwe, N. (2009) Women’s Reproductive Health—A Question of Human Rights in the context of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. MP: A Feminist Journal (Gender and Race), 2, 30.
[56] Azuh, D. (n.d.) Socio-Demographic Factors Influencing Health Programme Usage by Pregnant Mothers in Nigeria: Implications for Policy Action. Unpublished Work, Covenant University, Ota.