Temporal and regional variations in use, equity and quality of antenatal care in Egypt: a repeat cross-sectional analysis using Demographic and Health Surveys

Table 1 Percentage of facility-based ANC users reporting receiving components of care in the period 2010–2014, by number of ANC visits and sector of provision

All seven measured ANC components
		Sector of service			Household wealth			Residence
Number of visits	Public	Private	p-value	Poorest	Wealthiest	p-value	Rural	Urban	p-value	Total
1–3	8%	10%	0.505	6%	17%	< 0.001	9%	12%	0.323	10%
4–7	15%	18%	0.302	16%	20%	0.071	18%	15%	0.147	18%
8+	27%	29%	0.439	26%	31%	0.004	29%	28%	0.389	29%
All	20%	25%	0.007	20%	28%	< 0.001	24%	24%	0.862	24%
Six ANC components (excluding tetanus protection)
1–3	9%	11%	0.634	7%	18%	< 0.001	10%	13%	0.243	10%
4–7	17%	21%	0.138	18%	25%	0.004	20%	20%	0.956	20%
8+	31%	36%	0.090	29%	40%	< 0.001	34%	38%	0.028	35%
All	22%	30%	< 0.001	22%	36%	< 0.001	27%	33%	< 0.001	29%

P-values measure, for each category of antenatal care visits, the differences between sector, wealth quintile and residence type respectively

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