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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants and association of these characteristics with levels of provider adherence to first antenatal care (ANC) guidelines

From: Provider adherence to first antenatal care guidelines and risk of pregnancy complications in public sector facilities: a Ghanaian cohort study

Variable

Frequency (%)

% Incomplete adherence

% Complete adherence

Cluster adjusted

N = 926

N = 477

N = 449

p-value

Total sample

 

51.5

48.5

 

Facility type

   

<0.01

 Hospital

519 (56.0)

52.2

47.8

 Polyclinic

333 (36.0)

47.1

52.9

 Health center

74 (8.0)

65.8

34.2

Age category

   

0.01

 <20 years

52 (5.6)

73.1

26.9

 20–35 years

790 (85.5)

50.5

49.5

 > =35 years

82 (8.9)

47.6

52.4

Parity

   

0.01

 0

258 (27.9)

76.7

22.7

 1–2

475 (51.3)

40.8

59.2

 3–4

162 (17.5)

43.2

56.8

 >4

31 (3.3)

48.4

51.6

Education

   

0.87

 None

109 (11.8)

47.7

52.3

 Primary

179 (19.3)

47.5

52.5

 Secondary

423 (45.7)

51.8

48.2

 Tertiary

163 (17.7)

57.1

42.9

 Other

46 (5.0)

47.8

52.2

Trimester at first ANC

   

0.05

 First

282 (30.5)

57.8

42.2

 Second

631 (68.1)

48.0

52.0

Number of times ANC attended

   

<0.01

 1

44 (4.8)

79.5

20.5

 2–3

137 (14.8)

48.9

50.7

 > = 4

723 (78.1)

50.1

49.9

Marital status

   

0 01

 Single

100 (10.8)

64.0

20.5

 Married

672 (72.6)

48.5

51.5

 Formerly married

12 (1.3)

58.3

41.7

 Living together

122 (13.2)

54.9

45.1

Employment

   

0.01

 No

141 (15.2)

66.0

34.0

 Yes

777 (84.9)

48.8

51.2

Previous pregnancy history

   

0.04

 No complication

853 (92.1)

51.2

48.8

Mean age (SD)

28.15 (5.4)

27.25 (5.6)

29.11 (5.0)

<0.01