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Table 1 Demographic and socio-economic charactestics of study population. (N = 7591)

From: Prevalence and factors associated with antenatal care utilization in Ethiopia: an evidence from demographic health survey 2016

	Non utilization of ANC		Utilization of ANC		Chi-square p-value ^a
Age	Weighted (N)	Weighted (%)	Weighted (N)	Weighted (%)	0.003
15–24	2638	37.6	4377	62.4
25–49	180	31.3	395	68.7
Religion					0.000
Orthodox	852	29.6	2030	70.4
Catholic	30	41.7	42	58.3
Protestant	602	36.3	1049	63.5
Muslim	1251	44.3	1573	55.7
Traditional	45	46.4	51	53.6
Other	39	60	26	40
Marital status					0.333
Married	2628	37	4481	63
Single	64	41.8	89	58.2
Divorced	42	43.8	54	56.2
Widowed	85	36.5	148	63.5
Ethnicity					0.000
Amhara	573	30.2	1327	69.8
Oromo	1415	48.0	1533	52.0
Somali	140	54.9	115	45.1
Sidama	74	26.0	211	74.0
Others^*	617	28.0	1586	72.0
Educational status					0.002
No education	1227	36.4	2142	63.6
Primary	930	37.3	1561	62.7
Secondary	422	39.4	650	60.6
Higher	240	36.5	418	63.5
Occupation					0.355
No work	1564	38.38	2511	61.62
Government worker	673	37.51	1121	62.49
Farmer	428	32.33	896	67.67
Private	94	36.43	164	63.57
Daily worker	59	42.75	79	57.25
Wealth index					0.000
Poorest	857	51.91	794	48.09
Poorer	719	43.47	935	56.53
Middle	592	37.28	996	62.72
Rich	460	32.24	967	67.76
Richest	191	15.04	1079	84.96
Marital status					0.333
Married	2628	36.97	4481	63.03
Single	64	41.83	89	58.17
Divorced	42	43.75	54	56.25
Widowed	85	36.48	148	63.52
Total family size					0.000
1–5	1123	30.88	2514	69.12
6 and above	2819	37.14	4772	62.86
Residence					0.000
Urban	94	9.70	875	90.30
Rural	2819	37.14	4771	62.86

^astatistically significant p-value are in bold

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