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Table 2 Obstetric characteristics of pregnant women in Ethiopia, 2016 (N = 6954)

From: Antenatal care use in Ethiopia: a spatial and multilevel analysis

Variable

Frequency

Percentage

Parity

1–4

4430

63.70

> = 5

2524

36.30

Number of living children

0

64

0.92

1–4

4757

68.41

> = 5

21.33

30.67

Age at first childbirth

<= 19 years

4250

61.12

20–24 years

2087

30.01

> = 25 years

617

8.87

Autonomy in own personal healthcare decision making

Respondent alone

1134

16.31

Joint decision

4063

58.43

Husband/partner alone

1757

25.27

Timing of first ANC visits (n = 4603)

1st trimester

1786

38.80

2nd Trimester

2396

52.05

3rd Trimester

421

9.15

Nature of recent pregnancy

Wanted

5516

79.32

Unwanted

1438

20.68