Laos has the highest maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asia. The present study examines antenatal care and birth location in relation to the residence, household education levels, wealth, ethnicity, age and media interest of pregnant women. The logit and OLS regression results show that pregnant women living in urban areas and rural areas with roads, from wealthy families, in the Lao ethnic group and in the young age group are more likely to receive antenatal care and have professional health workers deliver their children. Therefore, greater governmental efforts are required to make antenatal care available to all pregnant women.

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老挝获得产前保健的能力：使用国家水平调查进行的分析*

老挝的孕产妇死亡率是东南亚最高的。本研究从孕妇的居住地，家庭教育水平，财富，种族，年龄和媒体兴趣等方面检查了产前保健和分娩地点。Logit和OLS回归结果显示，生活在城市地区和农村地区，有钱人家，老挝族裔和年轻人年龄段的道路中的孕妇更有可能接受产前护理，并有专业的卫生工作者来分娩。因此，需要政府作出更大的努力才能使所有孕妇都能获得产前护理。