Table 1 Percentages of ANC service utilization by women in 8 socio-demographic categories. The numbers shown in each cell are the counts out of n = 978 converted to percentages
Categorical variable | Category | Number of ANC visits (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
<4 | ≥4 | ||
Zone | Kefa | 15.3 | 26.1 |
Sheka | 2.0 | 9.4 | |
Bench Maji | 26.6 | 20.6 | |
Marital status of the woman | Single | 1.8 | 1.9 |
Married | 36.4 | 45.7 | |
Divorced | 3.4 | 6.0 | |
Windowed | 2.4 | 2.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 17.2 | 25.8 |
Catholic | 1.1 | 3.1 | |
Muslim | 4.2 | 4.0 | |
Protestant | 15.6 | 22.0 | |
Traditional | 5.8 | 1.2 | |
Educational level of the woman | Illiterate | 24.4 | 21.9 |
Elementary | 14.0 | 22.9 | |
Secondary | 5.2 | 10.1 | |
Post-secondary | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
Educational level of the husband | Illiterate | 19.1 | 16.3 |
Elementary | 14.7 | 23.9 | |
Secondary | 8.8 | 12.9 | |
Post-secondary | 1.3 | 3.0 | |
Occupation of the mother | Farmer | 39.6 | 46.4 |
Trader | 3.4 | 6.4 | |
Security worker | 0.3 | 0.5 | |
Office worker | 0.7 | 2.7 | |
Occupation of the husband | Farmer | 38.4 | 43.0 |
Trader | 1.7 | 4.9 | |
Security worker | 3.6 | 7.7 | |
Office worker | 0.2 | 0.4 | |
Was there abortion? | Yes | 5.6 | 9.3 |
No | 38.3 | 46.7 | |