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Penelitian ini mencoba menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi perilaku ibu dalam memilih penolong persalinan. Faktor-faktor yang akan diteliti adalah tingkat pendidikan dan tingkat sosial ekonomi sebagai variabel utama dan sebagai variabel penjelas lainnya adalah umur ibu, kunjungan pemeriksaan kehamilan, pekerjaan, dukungan suami, asuransi, jarak ke fasilitas kesehatan, tempat tinggal dan jumlah anak. Idealnya, persalinan haruslah dilakukan oleh tenaga kesehatan modern. Persalinan yang aman akan menurunkan angka kematian ibu melahirkan dan angka kematian bayi.Metode penelitian ini adalah dengan menggunakan analisis regresi logistik model logit. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian sebanyak 12.703 dari Demographic and Health Survey Program tahun 2012. Penelitian dibatasi pada responden yang mempunyai anak balita dan merupakan kelahiran terakhir saat survey dilakukan.Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa tingkat pendidikan dan tingkat sosial ekonomi mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap perilaku ibu dalam memilih penolong persalinan. Responden dengan tingkat pendidikan minimal SLTA mempunyai kemungkinan 3 kali untuk memilih tenaga kesehatan modern dibandingkan dengan responden yang tingkat pendidikan tertingginya SLTP. Responden yang termasuk golongan kaya mempunyai kemungkinan 2,7 kali memilih tenaga kesehatan modern dibandingkan responden yang masuk golongan miskin.

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This research attempts to analyze factors that influence maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. As question of interest, we choose education and socioeconomic level, and as additional questions are age, antenatal care, occupation, husband?s support, insurance, distance to health facilities, residence and number of child. Ideally, delivery should be helped by modern health personnel. Safe delivery would reduce maternal mortality and infant mortalityThis research used logistic regression analysis, logit model method. The number of samples included was 12.703 samples by using DHS 2012 data. The study is limited to respondents who have children under five years and the last born when the survey was conducted.The results of this study indicate that education and socioeconomic levels have a significant impact on maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. Respondents with education level at least senior high school have 3 times possibility to choose modern health personnel compared with respondents with the highest education were junior high school. The rich respondents have possibility at around 2.7 times to choose modern health personnel compared with poor respondents.;This research attempts to analyze factors that influence maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. As question of interest, we choose education and socioeconomic level, and as additional questions are age, antenatal care, occupation, husband?s support, insurance, distance to health facilities, residence and number of child. Ideally, delivery should be helped by modern health personnel. Safe delivery would reduce maternal mortality and infant mortalityThis research used logistic regression analysis, logit model method. The number of samples included was 12.703 samples by using DHS 2012 data. The study is limited to respondents who have children under five years and the last born when the survey was conducted.The results of this study indicate that education and socioeconomic levels have a significant impact on maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. Respondents with education level at least senior high school have 3 times possibility to choose modern health personnel compared with respondents with the highest education were junior high school. The rich respondents have possibility at around 2.7 times to choose modern health personnel compared with poor respondents.;This research attempts to analyze factors that influence maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. As question of interest, we choose education and socioeconomic level, and as additional questions are age, antenatal care, occupation, husband?s support, insurance, distance to health facilities, residence and number of child. Ideally, delivery should be helped by modern health personnel. Safe delivery would reduce maternal mortality and infant mortalityThis research used logistic regression analysis, logit model method. The number of samples included was 12.703 samples by using DHS 2012 data. The study is limited to respondents who have children under five years and the last born when the survey was conducted.The results of this study indicate that education and socioeconomic levels have a significant impact on maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. Respondents with education level at least senior high school have 3 times possibility to choose modern health personnel compared with respondents with the highest education were junior high school. The rich respondents have possibility at around 2.7 times to choose modern health personnel compared with poor respondents., This research attempts to analyze factors that influence maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. As question of interest, we choose education and socioeconomic level, and as additional questions are age, antenatal care, occupation, husband’s support, insurance, distance to health facilities, residence and number of child. Ideally, delivery should be helped by modern health personnel. Safe delivery would reduce maternal mortality and infant mortalityThis research used logistic regression analysis, logit model method. The number of samples included was 12.703 samples by using DHS 2012 data. The study is limited to respondents who have children under five years and the last born when the survey was conducted.The results of this study indicate that education and socioeconomic levels have a significant impact on maternal behavior in choosing birth attendants. Respondents with education level at least senior high school have 3 times possibility to choose modern health personnel compared with respondents with the highest education were junior high school. The rich respondents have possibility at around 2.7 times to choose modern health personnel compared with poor respondents.]