Table 3 Item of ANC contents by mother during pregnancy in Ethiopia, EDHS, 2016
Variables | Categories | Mean Number of ANC content | p-valueb |
|---|---|---|---|
Birth order | 1 | 6.0 |  < 0.01 |
2–3 | 5.8 | ||
4–5 | 5.3 | ||
6 +  | 5.2 | ||
Region | Tigray | 6.5 |  < 0.01 |
Afar | 4.6 | ||
Amhara | 5.7 | ||
Oromia | 4.7 | ||
Somali | 4.8 | ||
Benishangul | 5.2 | ||
SNNPR | 5.1 | ||
Gambela | 5.2 | ||
Harari | 6.4 | ||
Dire Dawa | 6.1 | ||
Addis Adaba | 7.0 | ||
Place of residence | Urban | 6.5 |  < 0.01 |
Rural | 5.2 | Â | |
Wealth index | Poorest | 4.7 |  < 0.01 |
2nd | 5.1 | Â | |
3rd | 5.2 | Â | |
4th | 5.7 | Â | |
Richest | 6.6 | Â | |
Highest educational level | No education | 5.1 |  < 0.01 |
Primary | 5.8 | Â | |
Secondary | 6.5 | Â | |
Higher | 6.9 | Â | |
Age in 5-year groups | 15–19 | 5.2 |  < 0.01 |
20–24 | 5.7 |  | |
25–29 | 5.6 |  | |
30–34 | 5.6 |  | |
35–39 | 5.5 |  | |
40–44 | 5.5 |  | |
45–49 | 5.4 |  | |
Sex of household head | Male | 5.6 |  < 0.01 |
Female | 5.7 | Â | |
Respondent occupation | Not working | 5.5 |  < 0.01 |
Agricultural | 5.3 | Â | |
Sales | 6.0 | Â | |
Skilled manual | 5.7 | Â | |
Others | 6.2 | Â | |
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine | Not at all | 5.4 |  < 0.01 |
Less than once a week | 6.9 | Â | |
At least once a week | 6.9 | Â | |
Frequency of listening to radio | Not at all | 5.3 |  < 0.01 |
Less than once a week | 6.1 | Â | |
At least once a week | 6.3 | Â | |
Frequency of watching television | Not at all | 5.1 |  < 0.01 |
Less than once a week | 6.2 | Â | |
At least once a week | 6.7 | Â | |
Wanted last child | Wanted then | 5.6 |  < 0.01 |
Wanted later | 5.7 | Â | |
Wanted no more | 5.4 | Â | |
Husband/partner's education level | No education | 5.1 |  < 0.01 |
Primary | 5.5 | Â | |
Secondary | 6.2 | Â | |
Higher | 6.6 | Â | |
Person who usually decides on respondent's health care | Respondent alone | 5.7 |  < 0.01 |
Respondent and partner | 5.6 | Â | |
Husband alone | 5.1 | Â | |
Problem of getting permission | Big problem | 5.0 |  < 0.01 |
Not a big problem | 5.8 | Â | |
Problem in getting money | Big problem | 5.2 |  < 0.01 |
Not a big problem | 6.0 | Â | |
Problem in distance to health facility | Big problem | 5.1 |  < 0.01 |
Not a big problem | 6.0 | Â | |
Problem in not wanting to go alone | Big problem | 5.1 |  < 0.01 |
Not a big problem | 5.8 | Â | |
Timing of first ANC visits | Late | 5.2 |  < 0.01 |
Early | 6.2 | Â | |
Frequency of ANC visits | 1 | 3.8 |  < 0.01 |
1–3 | 4.8 |  | |
4 or more | 6.2 | Â | |
8 or more | 6.9 | Â | |
Total | Â | Â | |