Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of pregnant women who were attending ANC at Addis Zemen primary hospital, February –June 2018 (n = 364)
Variable | Time of ANC initiation | Total n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Early n (%) | Late n (%) | ||
Age | |||
< 20 | 12 (6.9) | 17 (8.9) | 29 (8) |
20–35 | 128 (74) | 154 (80.6) | 282 (77.5) |
> 35 | 33 (19.1) | 20 (10.5) | 53 (14.6) |
Ethnicity | |||
Amhara | 167 (96.5) | 185 (96.9) | 352 (96.7) |
Othera | 6 (3.5) | 6 (3.1) | 12 (3.3) |
Religion | |||
Orthodox | 118 (68.2) | 139 (72.8) | 257 (70.6) |
Muslim | 47 (27.2) | 39 (20.4) | 86 (23.6) |
Protestant | 7 (4) | 13 (6.8) | 20 (5.5) |
Catholic | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) |
Marital status | |||
Single | 15 (8.7) | 20 (10.5) | 35 (9.6) |
Married | 152 (87.9) | 157 (82.2) | 309 (84.9) |
Divorced/widowed | 6 (3.5) | 14 (7.3) | 20 (5.5) |
Educational level | |||
No formal education | 47 (27.2) | 66 (34.6) | 113 (31) |
Primary (1–8) | 44 (25.4) | 67 (35.1) | 111 (30.5) |
Secondary and preparatory | 32 (18.5) | 39 (20.4) | 71 (19.5) |
Diploma and above | 50 (28.9) | 19 (9.9) | 69 (19) |
Occupation | |||
Government employed | 47 (27.2) | 18 (9.4) | 65 (17.9) |
Self employed | 37 (21.4) | 50 (26.2) | 87 (23.9) |
House wife | 69 (39.9) | 91 (47.6) | 160 (44) |
Otherb | 20 (11.6) | 32 (16.8) | 52 (14.3) |
Income | |||
< 400 ETB | 19 (11) | 15 (7.9) | 34 (9.3) |
400–1000 ETB | 44 (25.4) | 77 (40.3) | 121 (33.2) |
> 1000 ETB | 110 (63.6) | 99 (51.8) | 209 (57.4) |
Transport cost | |||
< 3 ETB | 41 (23.7) | 28 (14.7) | 69 (19) |
3–9 ETB | 35 (20.2) | 33 (17.3) | 68 (18.7) |
> 9 ETB | 43 (24.9) | 53 (27.7) | 96 (26.4) |
Did not pay | 54 (31.2) | 77 (40.3) | 131 (36) |