Table 2 Number of Antenatal care visits according to external environment, predisposing, enabling and need factors in South Sudan, SSHHSII 2010 (n = 3504)

1. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS

Geographical Region (state)

Upper Nile

(52.1, 63.1)

(18.7, 26.3)

(15.9, 25.1)

Jounglei

(66.0, 78.2)

(14.2, 24.2)

(5.6, 13.6)

Unity

(61.0, 74.8)

(14.1, 24.8)

(8.9, 18.1)

Warap

(73.8, 83.1)

(11.9, 20.6)

(3.2, 9.1)

Northern Bahr el Ghazal

(51.0, 65.0)

(22.7, 37.3)

(9.0, 16.7)

Western Bahr el Ghazal

(46.2, 56.5)

(16.7, 25.9)

(23.8, 32.1)

Lakes

(47.8, 59.5)

(25.9, 35.1)

(11.5, 21.7)

Western Equatoria

(33.6, 50.7)

(23.1, 40.5)

(19.6, 35.8)

Central Equatoria

(28.6, 38.8)

(28.3, 40.0)

(27.7, 37.9)

Eastern Equatoria

(52.1, 64.6)

(18.6, 28.4)

(13.2, 25.1)

Type of resident (total)

Urban

(36.5, 45.2)

(23.1, 34.3)

(26.3, 35.9)

Rural

(60.6, 65.2)

(21.7,25.0)

(12.6, 15.2)

2. PREDIPOSING FACTORS

Scio-Demographic characteristic

Maternal age at her last birthday (years)

15-19 years

(44.2, 60.3)

(17.7, 28.3)

(19.3, 32.1)

20-34 years

(54.4, 59.6)

(23.2, 27.5)

(15.9, 19.7)

35-49 years

(58.8, 66.5)

(18.6, 26.2)

(12.3, 18.5)

Birth order

1st birth

(57.2, 61.6)

(22.1, 25.9)

(15.3, 18.0)

2nd birth

(41.6, 54.2)

(22.2, 34.5)

(18.8, 30.6)

3rd + birth

(15.4, 40.5)

(20.9, 50.0)

(25.7, 56.3)

Number of previous pregnancies

1 pregnancy

(53.2, 57.3)

(24.1, 27.9)

(17.3, 20.3)

2+ pregnancy

(38.3, 55.3)

(23.7, 36.7)

(17.0, 31.6)

Pregnancy outcome

Live birth

(52.9, 56.9)

(24.2, 28.1)

(17.6, 20.6)

Other (Still birth, Miscarriage, Currently pregnant)

(51.9, 72.4)

(11.0, 27.6]

(11.6, 30.6)

Number of children

1-2 children

(51.6, 56.0)

(22.3, 28.6)

(16.7, 22.4)

3-4 children

(58.2, 64.9)

(19.9, 25.9)

(13.3, 18.4)

5 children and more

(53.5, 59.7)

(22.2, 28.5)

(15.8, 20.9)

Maternal marital status

Currently married

(53.2, 58.0)

(23.3, 27.4)

(17.4, 21.0)

Formerly married

(60.9, 70.8)

(17.2, 25.8)

(10.0, 16.3)

Never married (Single)

(55.6, 70.5)

(16.2, 30.5)

(9.4, 20.6)

Polygamy status

Husband have one wife

(52.0, 57.0)

(22.9, 27.9)

(17.9, 22,7)

Husband have more than one wife

(58.1, 64.0)

(21.4, 26.5)

(13.0, 17.3)

Maternal education

No education

(62.6, 67.0)

(20.7, 24.2)

(11.5, 14.3)

Primary education

(28.8, 37.5)

(28.6, 38.2)

(29.1, 38.8)

Secondary + education

(19.8, 42.1)

(18.6, 35.2)

(34.4, 54.5)

Maternal literacy

Able to read

(30.8, 42.6)

(27.7, 41.2)

(23.9, 35.6)

Unable to read

(59.2, 63.6)

(21.5, 25.2)

(13.9, 16.7)

Health knowledge

Knowledge of obstetric danger signs during pregnancy, delivery and post delivery

Good for (correct answer 8 or more)

(33.9, 51.7)

(23.1, 39.4)

(19.2, 36.0)

Fair for (correct answer between 5–7)

(42.9, 61.2)

(21.0, 37.7)

(11.6, 30.4)

Bad for (correct answer less than 5)

(56.6, 61.0)

(22.0, 25.9)

(15.9, 18.7)

Knowledge on newborn danger signs

Good for (correct answer 8 or more)

(33.8, 57.3)

(17.0, 36.7)

(19.6, 40.9)

Fair for (correct answer between 5–7)

(29.9, 46.3)

(32.7, 52.0)

(13.8, 28.6)

Bad for (correct answer less than 5)

(57.3, 61.6)

(21.6, 25.2)

(15.6, 18.7)

3. ENABLING FACTORS

Household wealth index

Poorest

(70.3, 78.3)

(17.3, 23.7)

(3.3, 8.2)

Poorer

(62.8, 70.6)

(17.6, 24.2)

(10.3, 15.0)

Middle

(59.3, 65.9)

(20.7, 27.5)

(10.8, 16.7)

Richer

(48.0, 56.9)

(23.2, 30.2)

(17.9, 24.6)

Richest

(29.6, 40.4)

(25.0, 36.0)

(30.3, 40.0)

4. NEED FACTORS

Desire for last pregnancy

Wanted to get pregnant then

(57.1, 61.2)

(21.9, 25.7)

(15.6, 18.7)

Wanted to get pregnant later

(40.0, 55.8)

(22.9, 35.8)

(17.8, 29.6)

Never wanted to get pregnant

(33.6, 52.8)

(25.7, 44.5)

(15.3, 32.0)

Pregnancy complications

Yes with 1–2 complications

(46.6, 52.5)

(25.6, 31.8)

(19.5, 24.4)

Yes with 3 and more complications

(49.7, 55.4)

(24.3, 30.0)

(18.1, 22.9)

No without complications

(68.8, 75.5)

(14.9, 19.7)

(8.7, 12.7)