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Table 1 Characteristics of women who attended antenatal clinics at intervention and control hospitals

From: Outcome of multifaceted interventions for improving the quality of antenatal care in Nigerian referral hospitals

 

Intervention (n = 427)

Control (n = 350)

Characteristic

Mean (Sd)

Mean (Sd)

Age

28.9 (5.8)

30.0 (4.6)

Number of Children

1.8 (1.7)

1.8 (1.5)

Number of attending health workers

3.6 (1.5)

4.5 (1.1)

Number of total antenatal visits

3.6 (2.1)

2.9 (1.5)

 

n (%)

n (%)

Religion

 Catholic

46 (10.9)

62 (17.7)

 Other Christian denominations

232 (54.7)

238 (68.0)

 Islam

146 (34.4)

50 (14.3)

Education Level

 No Education

42 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

 Primary

63 (14.8)

29. (8.3)

 Secondary

150 (35.1)

155 (44.3)

 Higher

172 (40.3)

166 (47.4)

Age group

 15–20

37 (8.7)

10 (2.9)

 21–25

85 (20.0)

55 (15.7)

 26–30

144 (33.7)

114 (32.6)

 31–35

103 (24.1)

133 (38.0)

 36+

58 (13.6)

38 (10.9)

Marital Status

 Single/Never Married/ Co habiting (Living together)

10 (2.3)

25 (7.1)

 Married (Polygamous)

68 (5.9)

14 (4.0)

 Married (Monogamous)

349 (81.7)

311 (88.9)

Employment

 Not Working

124 (29.0)

68 (19.4)

 Civil Servant

71 (16.6)

41 (11.7)

 Self-Employed

195 (45.7)

209 (59.7)

 Private Sector Employee

37 (8.7)

32 (9.1)

Read complete sentence (Yes)

130 (30.4)

70 (20.0)

First Pregnancy (Yes)

110 (25.8)

93 (26.6)

First visit to facility (Yes)

82 (19.2)

99 (28.3)