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- ItemPoverty and Maternal Health Service Utilization in Rural Households. Kasawo Sub-County-Mukono District(Kampala International University, bachelors degree in Development Studies, 2016-10) Nakibuka, Gladys LindaThe purpose of the study was to assess the effects of poverty on maternal health service utilization among rural households. The study was guided by the objectives including the state of material health, effects of poverty on maternal health service utilization and the challenges to maternal service utilization in Kasaawo Sub County in Mukono district covering the period 2014 to 2015. Data was both primary and secondary. Primary data was collected by the u ;e of questionnaires, key informant interview, focus group discussion and secondary data was got from reports, journals, text books and internet. Frequency tables and graphs were worked out basing on the data. In these frequency tables, analysis was done with a corresponding percentage. The study established that illiteracy was one of the reasons to poor maternal service utilization, this indicates that there is more need to support the girl child regarding education so that females have equal opportunities and also enforce functional adult literacy to boost people's education level hence enhancing their level of understanding and giving them more knowledge concerning maternal health.