Timing of antenatal care for adolescent and adult pregnant women in south-eastern Tanzania

Table 1 Characteristics of the sample

	Total sample			Sample of adult women			Sample of adolescent women
Categories	N	n	%	N	n	%	N	n	%
Socio-demographic characteristics
Age	405			344			61
< 20 years		61	15					61	100
20-34 years		288	71		288	84
35-49 years		56	14		56	16
Parity	405			344			61
1		82	20		34	10		48	79
2-4		218	54		205	60		13	21
5+		105	26		105	30
Marital status	404			343			61
Married/Consensual union		357	88		315	92		42	69
Single or separated		47	12		28	8		19	31
History of abort/stillbirth	402			342			60
Abort/stillbirth		99	25		95	28		4	7
No abort/stillbirth		303	75		247	72		56	93
Education level	402			341			61
No or incomplete education		180	45		156	46		24	39
Primary +		222	55		185	54		37	61
Ethnicity	405			344			61
Sukuma		68	17		55	16		13	21
Other ethnic group		337	83		289	84		48	79
ANC knowledge and perception
Perceived ANC starting time	383			327			56
Within first 3 months		256	67		222	68		34	61
After first 3 months		127	33		105	32		22	39
Knowledge of services	405			344			61
Low		314	78		260	76		54	88
High		91	22		84	24		7	12
Perceived service quality	319			266			53
Good		292	91		241	91		51	96
Bad		27	9		25	9		2	4
Perceived health worker attitudes	310			258			52
Good		291	94		239	93		52	100
Bad		19	6		19	7
Traditional medicine use	402			341			61
Yes		37	9		31	9		6	10
No		365	91		310	91		55	90
Pregnancy perception
Early recognition of pregnancy	404			343			61
Yes		284	70		240	70		44	72
No		120	30		103	30		17	28
Waiting for quickening	403			342			61
Yes		108	27		94	27		14	23
No		295	73		248	73		47	77
Social and economic support
Money	404			343			61
Yes		256	63		221	64		35	57
No		148	37		122	36		26	43
Advice received to attend ANC	404						61
Yes		175	43	343	129	38		46	75
No		229	57		214	62		15	25
Accompanied to clinic	405			344			61
Yes		196	48		162	47		34	56
No		209	52		182	52		27	44
Supported by husband	405			344			61
Yes		380	94		324	94		56	92
No		25	6		20	6		5	8

ISSN: 1471-2393