Late entry to antenatal care in New South Wales, Australia

Table 1 Characteristics of all women and women who entered ANC late

Variables	All women, N = 85,034		Women entering ANC after 12 weeks, n = 34,507
	n	*% by column*	n	*% by row#*
PREDISPOSING CHARACTERISTICS
Age*
Teens	3,342	3.9	1,873	56
Twenties	35,359	42	15,954	45
Thirties	43,311	51	15,568	36
Forties and fifties	3,006	3.5	1,109	37
Missing	16	0.02	3	19
Race/Origin*
Non Aboriginal Australian born	59,275	70	20,747	35
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders	2,215	2.6	1,118	50
Migrants from developed countries	6,128	7.2	2,652	43
Migrants from developing countries	17,229	20	9,892	57
Missing	187	0.21	98	52
ENABLING RESOURCE
Place of residence*
Eastern Sydney	26,196	31	9,879	38
Western Sydney	29,382	35	15,929	54
Regional NSW	15,331	18	5,108	33
Rural/Remote NSW	12,086	14	2,858	24
Others states	2,039	2.4	733	36
NEEDS
Number of previous pregnancies*
Zero	36,270	43	14,325	40
One	28,605	33	10,901	38
Two	12,705	15	5,325	42
Three or more	7,415	8.7	3,941	53
Missing	39	0.05	15	38
Last delivery by caesarean*
No, or no previous birth	74,841	88	31,052	41
Yes	10,105	12	3,423	34
Missing	88	0.15	32	36
*Baby sex@*
Male	43,881	52	17,728	40
Female	41,121	48	16,766	41
Missing	32	0.04	13	41
*Complication during current pregnancy$*
No	76,961	91	31,061	40
Yes	8,073	9.5	3,446	43
Number of foetus/es*
Singleton	82,417	97	33,602	41
Twins, triplets or quadruplets	2,617	3.1	905	35
HEALTH BEHAVIOUR
Number of cigarettes smoked per day*
Non	73,491	86	28,690	39
Ten or less	6,375	7.5	2,902	46
More than ten	5,439	6.4	2,780	53
Missing	321	0.43	135	47

• # Proportion with this characteristic entering ANC after 12 weeks
• * indicates p values from bi-variate regressions <= 0.05
• @ indicates p values from bi-variate regressions > 0.05
• $ Pregnancy complication was significant in logistic regression (p < 0.05) but not in linear regression (p > 0.05).

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