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National Health And Morbidity Survey 2016 : Maternal And Child Health (MCH) Volume II : Findings

Table 8.3.2.1 : Awareness and practice of natural birthing as seen by percentage of mothers who were aware of
natural birth in this survey, NHMS 2016.

Ever heard (N=10181) Understand (n=1713) Ever Practiced (n=969)
95% CI 95% CI 95% CI
Sociodemographic Unweighted Unweighted Unweighted
characteristics count % count % count %
Lower Upper Lower Upper Lower Upper
MALAYSIA 1,713 16.1 15.08 17.21 969 65.5 62.08 68.85 6 0.6 0.22 1.52
State
Johor 101 15.3 12.51 18.55 81 83.3 74.32 89.55 0 - - -
Kedah 80 12.8 10.15 16.04 51 60.7 48.20 71.89 0 - - -
Kelantan 44 9.0 6.39 12.48 38 91.2 75.43 97.19 0 - - -
Melaka 187 22.4 19.53 25.65 38 20.4 15.04 27.03 0 - - -
Negeri Sembilan 110 14.7 12.04 17.84 85 78.5 67.45 86.57 0 - - -
Pahang 70 10.2 7.98 12.92 48 70.8 58.90 80.33 0 - - -
P.Pinang 145 21.1 18.03 24.43 26 19.5 13.49 27.28 0 - - -
Perak 71 11.6 9.15 14.64 68 96.8 90.53 98.97 0 - - -
Perlis 69 9.6 7.54 12.02 23 31.1 21.15 43.13 0 - - -
Selangor 194 28.8 24.87 33.02 145 74.0 65.86 80.82 1 0.7 0.09 4.60
Terengganu 52 8.7 6.58 11.37 49 93.8 81.74 98.07 4 10.0 3.81 23.80
Sabah & WP
Labuan 62 7.6 5.75 9.97 30 53.2 39.24 66.70 0 - - -
Sarawak 45 7.5 5.58 10.09 17 42.3 27.95 58.07 0 - - -
WP Kuala Lumpur 143 23.6 20.15 27.45 46 31.1 23.91 39.24 1 0.7 0.10 5.10
WP Putrajaya 340 43.5 39.77 47.23 224 64.4 58.72 69.77 0 - - -
Locality
Urban 1,250 12.7 10.00 15.90 691 8.2 6.10 11.00 6 0.1 0.00 0.30
Rural 463 0.7 2.30 5.20 278 2.3 1.50 3.40 0 - - -
Age
15-19 9 1.5 0.65 3.58 4 78.1 40.71 94.87 0 - - -
20-24 141 8.6 6.89 10.77 73 64.2 53.18 73.88 0 - - -
25-29 713 20.0 18.06 22.05 413 69.0 63.76 73.84 3 0.5 0.15 1.46
30-34 629 20.9 18.72 23.33 358 61.0 54.68 66.97 2 0.9 0.19 4.59
35-39 188 15.4 12.53 18.83 103 65.8 55.01 75.19 1 0.7 0.09 4.57
40-44 32 14.4 9.32 21.62 17 60.8 38.21 79.54 0 - - -
45-49 1 2.1 0.28 14.38 1 100.0 100.00 100.00 0 - - -
Ethnicity
Malay 1,363 18.9 17.51 20.32 845 74.5 71.08 77.55 5 0.7 0.24 2.00
Chinese 207 18.6 15.58 22.16 67 38.3 29.11 48.48 0 - - -
Indians 46 10.0 6.01 16.24 20 46.1 23.07 70.85 0 - - -
Other Bumiputera 80 6.9 5.41 8.65 36 48.6 36.73 60.65 1 1.1 0.15 7.35
Others 17 4.3 2.01 9.01 1 17.8 2.50 64.56 0 - - -
Citizenship
Malaysian citizen 1,686 16.9 15.79 18.02 962 66.2 62.71 69.45 6 0.6 0.22 1.55
Permanent
Resident 4 7.0 2.00 21.91 1 58.2 12.64 93.05 0 - - -
Non-Malaysian 18 4.7 2.24 9.51 3 31.7 8.43 70.07 0 - - -
Marital status
Single
(Unmarried) 2 1.8 0.27 10.50 1 92.0 41.87 99.46 0 - - -
Married/
cohabiting 1,692 16.3 15.28 17.45 957 65.4 61.89 68.73 6 0.6 0.22 1.54
Separated/
divorced/
widowed 12 10.0 4.58 20.42 7 70.7 36.30 91.07 0 - - -
Mother's
education
None 1 2.1 0.30 13.67 0 - - - 0 - - -
Primary 22 1.7 1.06 2.86 6 40.9 19.32 66.68 0 - - -
Secondary 386 6.7 5.80 7.69 173 53.2 45.89 60.32 2 0.6 0.15 2.36
Higher 1,292 36.8 34.30 39.29 785 69.5 65.57 73.22 4 0.6 0.18 1.91
Occupation
Public Sector 828 33.6 30.64 36.69 536 75.7 71.18 79.65 1 0.7 0.09 4.59
Private Sector 439 21.3 18.88 23.98 209 57.7 50.83 64.25 1 0.2 0.02 1.16
Self-employed 74 11.2 8.20 15.17 34 56.5 39.80 71.81 0 - - -
Housewife 347 7.4 6.40 8.62 178 62.8 55.33 69.70 3 0.9 0.29 2.80
Unemployed 1 0.3 0.04 2.18 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
Student 12 26.9 12.51 48.77 6 78.9 47.12 93.98 1 7.7 0.96 41.62
Household
income
Less than
RM1000 16 1.4 0.78 2.40 6 42.7 19.46 69.68 0 - - -
RM1000 –
RM1999 76 3.0 2.28 3.94 27 45.6 32.34 59.47 1 2.0 0.29 13.07
RM2000 –
RM2999 121 6.3 4.90 8.09 59 63.9 52.21 74.21 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
RM3000 –
RM3999 178 10.7 8.56 13.38 101 68.5 57.93 77.43 1 0.7 0.10 4.96
RM4000 –
RM4999 207 20.0 16.50 24.14 116 62.3 51.58 71.97 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
RM5000 and
above 1,112 31.7 29.32 34.14 659 67.2 62.87 71.33 4 0.7 0.20 2.13

Some cells have respondent count <30. Results should be interpreted with caution.