Table 1 Characteristics of study samples (women aged 15–49 in Afghanistan) by the number of antenatal care visits (weight adjusted) (n = 11,056)
From: Afghan women’s empowerment and antenatal care utilization: a population-based cross-sectional study
ANC visits < 4 (n = 9041, 81.2%) | 4 ANC visits (n = 2015, 18.8%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
n (weighted %)1 | n (weighted %) | P-value2 | |
Age (mean, SE) | 29.0 (0.1) | 29.1 (0.3) | 0.8 |
Region | < 0.001 | ||
Urban | 1936 (65.5) | 827 (34.5) | |
Rural | 7105 (85.8) | 1188 (14.2) | |
Wealth Index | < 0.001 | ||
Poorest | 1875 (89.5) | 242 (10.5) | |
Poorer | 2144 (88.4) | 274 (11.6) | |
Middle | 2052 (85.3) | 396 (14.7) | |
Richer | 1878 (79.0) | 498 (21.0) | |
Richest | 1092 (63.4) | 605 (36.6) | |
Ethnicity | < 0.001 | ||
Pashtun | 3822 (86.0) | 553 (14.0) | |
Tajik | 2824 (74.6) | 942 (25.4) | |
Hazara | 854 (77.4) | 234 (22.6) | |
Uzbek | 535 (84.1) | 172 (15.9) | |
Others | 1006 (88.1) | 114 (11.9) | |
Husband/partner’s education level | < 0.001 | ||
No education | 5358 (85.0) | 864 (15.0) | |
Primary | 1296 (83.1) | 314 (16.9) | |
Secondary | 1899 (77.7) | 553 (22.3) | |
Higher | 488 (56.0) | 284 (44.1) | |
Access to transportation3 | 0.8 | ||
No access | 3997 (81.4) | 861 (18.6) | |
Access | 5044 (81.1) | 1154 (18.9) | |
Barriers to medical care4 | < 0.001 | ||
No reported barriers | 646 (68.0) | 348 (32.0) | |
Any reported barriers | 8395 (82.8) | 1667 (17.2) | |
Total number of children5 (mean, SE) | 4.4 (0.1) | 4.0 (0.1) | < 0.05 |