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Table 1 Background characteristics

From: Non-adherence to WHO’s recommended 8-contact model: geospatial analysis of the 2017 Maternal Health Survey

Variable

Frequency (n = 10,077)

Proportion of Noncompliance (less than 8 Contacts)

95%

Confidence interval

Individual Variables

Age

  15–19

509

75.7

74.4–76.9

  20–24

1,802

63.1

62.4–63.9

  25–29

2,471

52.8

52.1–53-4

  30–34

2,431

49.8

49.1–50.5

  35–39

1,780

50.7

50.0–51.4

  40–44

808

54.6

53.4–55.7

  45–49

276

56.1

54.2–58.0

Wealth status

 Poorest

2,003

73.2

72.6–73.8

 Poorer

2,134

65.8

65.1–66.5

 Middle

2,013

56.4

55.7–57.1

 Richer

2,065

46.3

45.6–47.0

 Richest

1,962

30.9

30.3–31.6

Educational status

 No education

2,289

67.5

66.9–68.1

 Primary

1,685

62.5

61.8–63.3

 Secondary

5,421

51.0

50.6–51.4

 Higher

682

25.5

24.4–26.6

Marital status

 Never in union

898

65.7

64.6–66.7

 Married

5,479

51.9

51.4–52.2

 Living with partner

3,108

57.2

56.6–57.7

 Widowed

119

61.1

58.2–63.9

 Divorced

108

44.4

58.2–63.9

 Separated

365

57.2

55.5–58.8

Household size

  < 5

5,840

50.5

50.0–50.9

 5 + 

4,237

61.1

60.6–61.6

Sex of household head

 Male

7,246

55.1

54.7–55.4

 Female

2,831

54.6

54.0–55.2

Parity

 1–2

4,730

52.0

51.5–52.4

 3–4

3,118

54.2

53.6–54.7

 5 + 

2,229

62.4

61.7–63.1

Health insurance coverage

 No

4,234

57.4

56.9–57.9

 Yes

5,843

53.2

52.8–53.6

Mass media exposure

 No

1,029

74.0

73.1–74.9

 Yes

9,048

52.8

52.4–53.1

Community variables

Community socioeconomic status

  Low

4,821

66.8

66.4–67.2

  Moderate

922

55.8

54.7–56.8

  High

4,334

41.6

41.1–42.1

Community literacy level

  Low

2,309

70.2

69.5–70.8

  Moderate

3,613

56.7

56.2–57.3

  High

4,155

45.0

44.5–45.5

Place of residence

  Urban

5,002

47.2

46.8–47.7

  Rural

5,075

62.6

62.1–63.0

Distance to health facility

  Big problem

2,473

62.7

62.0–63.3

  Not a big problem

7,604

52.4

52.1–52.8

  Total

10,077

55.0

54.6–55.3

  1. Source: Computed from 2017 Maternal Health Survey