Table 2 Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of women based on the pregnancy preceding their most recent live birth in the 3 years preceding Malaria Indicator Survey in Kenya 2020, Uganda 2018/19, and mainland Tanzania 2017
Variable | Categories | Kenya N = 2036 | Uganda N = 3840 | mainland Tanzania N = 4361 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (weighted percentage: 95% CI) | ||||
ANC4+ | Yes | 60.8: 57.0–64.5 | 56.4: 53.8–58.9 | 60.9: 57.9–63.7 |
No | 39.2: 35.6–43.0 | 43.6: 41.1–46.2 | 39.1: 36.3–42.1 | |
Maternal education | Some education | 89.9: 85.3–93.2 | 82.6: 79.3–85.5 | 78.3: 75.9–80.6 |
No education | 10.1: 6.8–14.7 | 17.4: 14.5–20.7 | 21.7: 19.4–24.1 | |
Household wealth | Poor (two poorer quintiles) | 38.7: 32.0–45.9 | 50.2: 44.9–55.6 | 46.1: 41.6–50.8 |
Non-poor (three wealthier quintiles) | 61.3: 54.1–68.0 | 49.8: 44.4–55.1 | 53.9: 49.2–58.4 | |
Decision to seek ANC services | Woman involved | 89.3: 86.6–91.6 | – | |
Woman not involved | 10.7: 7.6–14.7) | |||
Birth order | First birth | 31.0: 27.3–35.0 | 19.4: 17.0–21.9 | 23.3: 21.1–25.6 |
High order births | 69.0: 65.0–72.7 | 80.6: 78.1–82.9 | 76.7: 74.4–78.9 | |
Health media exposure | Yes | 90.0: 87.2–92.2 | 37.4: 34.6–40.3 | 47.5: 45.1–49.9 |
No | 10.0: 7.8–12.8 | 62.6: 59.7–65.4 | 52.5: 50.0–54.9 | |
Travel time to nearest public health facility | Within 1 hour | 92.7: 87.9–95.7 | 79.1: 72.5–84.5 | 84.6: 79.3–88.8 |
Outside 1 hour | 7.3: 4.3–12.1 | 20.9: 15.5–27.5 | 15.4: 11.2–20.7 | |
ANC initiation among women with ≥1 visit | First trimester | 30.0: 26.1–34.1 | 34.3: 31.5–37.1 | – |
Second/third trimester | 70.0: 65.9–73.9 | 65.7: 62.9–68.5 | ||