Variable
|
Total (n = 6549)
|
Number of ANC visit categories
|
p valueb
|
---|
Inadequatea (n = 3402)
|
Adequatea (n = 3147)
|
---|
n
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
---|
Age (years)
| | | |
0.035*
|
15–24
|
3043
|
1642 (48.3)
|
1401 (44.5)
| |
25–34
|
2517
|
1246 (36.6)
|
1271 (40.4)
| |
≥ 35
|
989
|
514 (15.1)
|
475 (15.1)
| |
Marital status
| | | |
0.012*
|
Married
|
5470
|
2799 (82.3)
|
2671 (84.9)
| |
Never married
|
346
|
210 (6.2)
|
136 (4.3)
| |
Separated/divorced/widowed
|
733
|
393 (11.6)
|
340 (10.8)
| |
Education
| | | |
< 0.001***
|
No formal education
|
785
|
444 (13.0)
|
341 (10.8)
| |
Primary
|
4382
|
2350 (69.1)
|
2032 (64.6)
| |
Secondary and above
|
1382
|
608 (17.9)
|
774 (24.6)
| |
Occupation
| | | |
0.049*
|
Unemployed
|
2086
|
1130 (33.2)
|
956 (30.4)
| |
Employed
|
4463
|
2272 (66.8)
|
2191 (69.6)
| |
Parity
| | | |
0.132
|
Primigravida
|
1818
|
899 (26.4)
|
919 (29.2)
| |
Secundigravida
|
1352
|
722 (21.2)
|
630 (20.0)
| |
Multigravida
|
3379
|
1781 (52.4)
|
1598 (50.8)
| |
Wealth index
| | | |
< 0.001***
|
Poor
|
3147
|
1724 (50.7)
|
1423 (45.2)
| |
Middle
|
1261
|
690 (20.3)
|
571 (18.2)
| |
Rich
|
2141
|
988 (29.0)
|
1153 (36.6)
| |
Residence
| | | |
< 0.001***
|
Urban
|
897
|
381 (11.2)
|
516 (16.4)
| |
Rural
|
5652
|
3021 (88.8)
|
2631 (83.6)
| |
Region
| | | |
0.841
|
Northern
|
748
|
389 (11.4)
|
359 (11.4)
| |
Central
|
2756
|
1418 (41.7)
|
1338 (42.5)
| |
Southern
|
3045
|
1595 (46.9)
|
1450 (46.1)
| |
IPTp uptake
| | | |
< 0.001***
|
< 3
|
4568
|
2551 (75.0)
|
2017 (64.1)
| |
≥ 3
|
1981
|
850 (25.0)
|
1131 (35.9)
| |
Timing of first ANC visit (n = 6413)
| | | |
< 0.001***
|
First trimester
|
1503
|
325 (9.9)
|
1178 (37.5)
| |
Second trimester
|
4427
|
2492 (76.2)
|
1935 (61.6)
| |
Third trimester
|
483
|
452 (13.8)
|
31 (1.0)
| |
- ANC antenatal care, IPTp intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy
- * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001
- aThe number of ANC visits was categorized into two levels: adequate ANC visits (4 or more) and inadequate ANC visits (fewer than 4)
- bp value of Pearson’s Chi squared test