How valid are women’s reports of the antenatal health services they receive from Community Health Workers in Gombe State north-eastern Nigeria?

Table 3 Variation in CHW counselling score by women’s characteristics

Characteristic		Mean counselling score	Number of women N = 362	ANOVA p-value
Age (Years)	< 18	14.1	29	0.098
	19–24	14.1	145
	25–28	14.9	92
	29–34	14.5	60
	> 35	13.7	36
Gestation age at observed visit	< 4 months	14.4	40	0.627
	4–6 months	14.2	154
	> 6 months	14.4	168
Number of children at the time of observation	0	14.0	66	0.475
	1	14.1	64
	2	14.2	72
	3	14.7	58
	≥ 4	14.5	102
ANC attendance at least once this pregnancy	Yes	14.6	273	< 0.001
ANC attendance at least once this pregnancy	No	13.4	89	< 0.001
Marital status	Married	14.4	342	0.037
Marital status	Not currently married	13.2	20	0.037
Attended formal school	Yes	14.2	180	0.246
Attended formal school	No	14.5	182	0.246
Relative wealth quintiles^a	Q1 – most poor	13.7	72	0.042
	Q2	14.3	72
	Q3	14.0	71
	Q4	14.6	73
	Q5 – least poor	14.9	70

^aTotal (N) is 358 women visited by N = 20 CHW; 4 participants had missing household data

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