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Table 4 Utilization of health facilities by unmarried female adolescents for any general health problems in urban and rural sites in Bangladesh

From: Treatment-seeking for selected reproductive health problems: behaviours of unmarried female adolescents in two low-performing areas of Bangladesh

Ā 

Urban

Rural

Ā 

Dhaka nā€‰=ā€‰766

Nabiganj nā€‰=ā€‰611

Ā 

Health characteristic

% (95% CI)

% (95% CI)

P-value

Proportion that visited any health facilities in the last three months

7% (5.2-8.8)

14% (11.2-16.8)

***

Ā§Types of health facility visited by adolescents in the last three months

(nā€‰=ā€‰53)

(nā€‰=ā€‰88)

Ā 

Public sector

8% (0.7-15.3)

50% (39.6-12.3)

***

NGOs

26% (14.2-37.8)

7% (1.7-12.3)

**

Private sector

62% (48.9-75.1)

42% (31.7-52.3)

*

  1. Ā§Multiple responses; *pā€‰<ā€‰0.05; **pā€‰<ā€‰0.01; ***pā€‰<ā€‰0.001.