Table 2 Correlates of number of antenatal care visits for Nepalese women
|  | Number of women | ≥ 4 ANC Visits |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Number of women | Percent | 95%CI | PR | 95%CI | APR | 95%CI |
Family size | ||||||||
 <= 4 | 758 | 575 | 76.31 | (72.69, 79.59) |  |  |  |  |
 > 4 | 2003 | 1388 | 68.15 | (64.67, 71.44) | 0.96 | (0.90, 1.01) | 1.04 | (0.98, 1.10) |
Place of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Urban | 1581 | 1201 | 75.56 | (71.70, 79.04) |  |  |  |  |
 Rural | 1180 | 762 | 64.25 | (59.28, 68.93) | 0.83 | (0.78, 0.89) | 0.92 | (0.87, 0.98) |
Ecological region | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Mountain | 226 | 149 | 68.44 | (58.69, 76.79) |  |  |  |  |
 Hill | 1184 | 889 | 76.63 | (72.70, 80.16) | 1.22 | (1.09, 1.37) | 1.08 | (0.98, 1.18) |
 Terai | 1351 | 925 | 66.14 | (61.45, 70.53) | 1.12 | (1.01, 1.25) | 1.01 | (0.92, 1.12) |
Education status of women | ||||||||
 Illiterate | 792 | 425 | 52.51 | (46.84, 58.11) |  |  |  |  |
 Literate | 1969 | 1538 | 77.94 | (75.17, 80.48) | 1.33 | (1.24, 1.43) | 1.12 | (1.05, 1.19) |
Education status of husband | ||||||||
 Illiterate | 337 | 168 | 48.72 | (41.95, 55.55) |  |  |  |  |
 Literate | 2412 | 1787 | 73.72 | (70.90, 76.36) | 1.34 | (1.24, 1.45) | 1.09 | (1.02, 1.17) |
Ethnicity | ||||||||
 Advantaged | 962 | 769 | 82.70 | (78.86, 85.97) |  |  |  |  |
 Disadvantaged | 1799 | 1194 | 64.94 | (61.14, 68.56) | 0.83 | (0.77, 0.89) | 0.89 | (0.84, 0.95) |
Religion | ||||||||
 Hindus | 2396 | 1733 | 71.60 | (68.42, 74.59) |  |  |  |  |
 Non-Hindus | 365 | 230 | 63.39 | (55.16, 70.91) | 0.93 | (0.85, 1.02) | 0.98 | (0.91, 1.06) |
Wealth index of women’s household | ||||||||
 Poor | 1310 | 849 | 63.90 | (59.81, 67.80) |  |  |  |  |
 Middle | 569 | 398 | 67.69 | (62.05, 72.86) | 1.14 | (1.07, 1.21) | 1.16 | (1.09, 1.23) |
 Rich | 882 | 716 | 79.78 | (75.89, 83.18) | 1.38 | (1.29, 1.48) | 1.27 | (1.18, 1.37) |
Women’s autonomy of health Care | ||||||||
 No | 2210 | 1554 | 69.19 | (65.73, 72.44) |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 539 | 401 | 75.72 | (70.62, 80.18) | 1.05 | (0.93, 1.19) | 1.01 | (0.91, 1.12) |
Women’s access to media | ||||||||
 No | 1289 | 786 | 59.78 | (55.42, 63.99) |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 1472 | 1177 | 79.12 | (76.35, 81.64) | 1.26 | (1.20, 1.32) | 1.05 | (1.00, 1.10) |
Intended pregnancy | ||||||||
 No | 576 | 359 | 61.21 | (56.02, 66.16) |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 2185 | 1604 | 72.79 | (69.55, 75.80) | 1.08 | (0.97, 1.21) | 1.06 | (0.96, 1.15) |
History of terminated pregnancy | ||||||||
 No | 2171 | 1556 | 71.08 | (67.82, 74.14) |  |  |  |  |
 Yes | 590 | 407 | 67.82 | (62.33, 72.87) | 0.98 | (0.90, 1.07) | 1.00 | (0.94, 1.08) |
Number of living children | ||||||||
 Two or less | 2009 | 1543 | 76.23 | (73.40, 78.84) |  |  |  |  |
 More than two | 752 | 420 | 54.83 | (49.84, 59.71) | 0.77 | (0.72, 0.81) | 0.88 | (0.83, 0.93) |
Total | 2761 | 1963 | 70.40 | (67.39, 73.24) | Â | Â | Â | Â |