Table 4

Trends in health care use by educational and island groups, Indonesia, 1987–1997

	% Of population
	Educational attainment		Island group
	Low educated	High educated	Outer Java/Bali	Java/Bali
Low educated: no education or some primary, high educated: primary completed or higher. DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys. In DHS 1987, data were not available for a number of indicators. Measles: % of surviving children age 12–23 months (at time of survey) with measles vaccination, by vaccination card or mother’s report. †Measures the absolute change in rate between DHS 1991 and 1997. ‡Antenatal care: % of births in the five years before the survey for which a woman received at least one antenatal care consultation from a medically trained person, defined as a doctor, nurse, or nurse midwife. §Skilled delivery attendance: % of births in the five years before the survey that were attended to by a medically trained person, defined as a doctor, nurse, or nurse midwife. ¶Births with tetanus vaccination: % pregnancies during which tetanus toxoid injections were given to avoid convulsions after birth. *Current use of modern family planning methods: % of married women aged 15–49 years. †† Knowledge of ORS: % mothers having heard of ORS (oral rehydration) for treating children with diarrhoea.
Measles vaccination coverage*
DHS 1987
DHS 1991	47	67	47	66
DHS 1994	46	74	58	66
DHS 1997	56	78	70	72
absolute change between 1991–97†	9	11	23	6
Antenatal care‡
DHS 1987
DHS 1991	70	90	75	84
DHS 1994	78	94	84	90
DHS 1997	85	97	91	94
absolute change between 1991–97†	15	6	16	10
Skilled delivery attendance§
DHS 1987	24	57	45	31
DHS 1991	20	51	38	33
DHS 1994	21	54	44	37
DHS 1997	26	61	52	47
absolute change between 1991–97†	6	10	14	14
Births with tetanus vaccination¶
DHS 1987
DHS 1991	46	71	48	67
DHS 1994	53	76	57	73
DHS 1997	60	80	68	77
absolute change between 1991–97†	14	9	21	10
Current use of modern family planning**
DHS 1987	35	49	33	44
DHS 1991	38	50	37	47
DHS 1994	42	54	42	52
DHS 1997	45	55	45	55
absolute change between 1991–97†	8	5	8	8
Knowledge of ORS††
DHS 1987
DHS 1991	76	95	81	89
DHS 1994	78	96	87	88
DHS 1997	83	96	90	92
absolute change between 1991–97†	7	1	9	3