Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants (N = 1573)
Variables | Categories | Women reported receiving the four components of ANC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes | No | ||||
n | %* | nn | %* | ||
Maternal age at the time of delivery (years) | < 20 | 90 | 5.7 | 150 | 8.9 |
20–34 | 594 | 38.8 | 576 | 34.8 | |
35–49 | 80 | 5.2 | 83 | 6.6 | |
Residence | Rural | 436 | 30.2 | 658 | 39.9 |
Urban | 328 | 19.5 | 151 | 10.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 325 | 23.8 | 236 | 17.1 |
Catholic | 119 | 9.8 | 174 | 15.9 | |
Muslim | 313 | 16.1 | 384 | 16.1 | |
Other | 7 | 0.03 | 15 | 1.2 | |
Marital status | Not married/not living with partner | 42 | 2.0 | 45 | 2.6 |
Married/living with partner | 722 | 47.7 | 764 | 47.7 | |
Highest level of maternal education | No education | 234 | 15.5 | 395 | 22.7 |
Primary | 298 | 21.0 | 314 | 22.5 | |
Secondary | 123 | 7.4 | 72 | 4.1 | |
Higher | 109 | 5.7 | 28 | 1.1 | |
Household wealth index | Poorest | 97 | 3.8 | 243 | 9.7 |
Poorer | 85 | 7.0 | 177 | 14.1 | |
Middle | 103 | 8.3 | 127 | 10.2 | |
Richer | 135 | 10.6 | 112 | 8.9 | |
Richest | 344 | 20.0 | 150 | 7.5 | |
Number of children | 1 | 220 | 14.3 | 191 | 12.5 |
2–4 | 377 | 24.1 | 384 | 23.5 | |
> = 5 | 167 | 11.4 | 234 | 14.3 | |
Number of ANC visits | 1 | 8 | 0.4 | 71 | 4.6 |
2–3 | 219 | 12.4 | 393 | 22.9 | |
> = 4 | 537 | 36.8 | 345 | 22.8 | |