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. 2023 Mar 15;23:499. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15369-5

Table 7.

Association of socio-demographic and obstetric characteristics with ANC and DC, EDHS 2016

Variables Categories Weighted frequency (%) Antenatal care visit Place of Delivery
Yes (%) No (%) X2-p value Health facility (%) Home (%) X2-p value
Age 15–19 339(4.5) 104(4.3) 235(4.5) 0.000 145(5.7) 194(3.8) 0.000
20–24 1465(19.3) 454(18.8) 1011(19.5) 600(23.8) 865(17.1)
25–29 2165(28.5) 791(32.8) 1374(26.6) 778(30.8) 1387(27.4)
30–34 1661(21.9) 536(22.2) 1125(21.7) 499(19.8) 1162(22.9)
35–39 1206(15.9) 343(14.2) 863(16.7) 360(14.3) 846(16.7)
40–44 546(7.2) 144(6.0) 402(7.8) 109(4.3) 437(8.6)
45–49 207(2.7) 42(1.7) 164(3.2) 32(1.3) 175(3.5)
Mother’s education No education 4791(63.1) 1156(47.9) 3635(70.3) 1036(41.1) 3755(74.1) 0.000
Primary 2149(28.3) 828(34.3) 1321(25.5) 927(36.7) 1222(24.1)
Secondary 419(5.5) 263(10.9) 156(3.0) 346(13.7) 74(1.5)
Higher 229(3.0) 167(6.9) 62(1.2) 214(8.5) 16(0.3)
Mother’s Occupation Not working 4078(53.7) 1206(50.0) 2872(55.5) 0.000 1238(49.0) 2840(56.1) 0 .000
Working 3511(46.3) 1208(50.0) 2303(44.5) 1286(51.0) 2226(43.9)
Husband education No education 3389(47.7) 788(35.2) 2601(53.5) 0.000 750(32.0) 2639(55.4) 0.000
Primary 2731(38.4) 908(40.5) 1823(37.5) 871(37.2) 1860(39.0)
Secondary 612(8.6) 311(13.9) 301(6.2) 409(17.7) 204(4.3)
Higher 375(5.3) 234(10.4) 141(2.9) 313(13.4) 63(1.3)
Husband occupation Not working 571(8.0) 122(5.4) 449(9.2) 0.000 154(6.6) 417(8.7) 0.002
Working 6538(92.0) 2120(94.6) 4418(90.8) 2189(93.4) 4349(91.3)
Household head Male 6473(85.3) 2018(83.6) 4455(86.1) 0.004 2083(82.6) 4390(86.7) 0.000
Female 1116(14.7) 396(16.4) 720(13.9) 440(17.4) 676(13.3)
Marital status Unmarried 481(6.3) 173(7.2) 308(6.0) 0.044 181(7.2) 300(5.9) 0.035
Married 7109(93.7) 2242(92.8) 4867(94.0) 2343(92.8) 4766(94.1)
Religion Orthodox 2882(38.0) 1124(46.5) 1758(34.0) 0.000 1226(48.6) 1656(32.7) 0.000
Catholic 72(0.9) 20(0.8) 52(1.0) 13(0.5) 58(1.1)
Protestant 1652(21.8) 526(21.8) 1126(21.8) 501(19.9) 1150(22.7)
Muslim 2824(37.2) 726(30.1) 2098(40.5) 766(30.4) 2058(40.6)
Others 160(2.1) 19(0.8) 141(2.7) 17(0.7) 143(2.8)
Region Tigray 537(7.1) 304(12.6) 233(4.5) 0.000 357(14.1) 180(3.6) 0.000
Afar 71(0.9) 15(0.6) 56(1.1) 14(0.6) 57(1.1)
Amhara 1633(21.5) 514(21.3) 1119(21.6) 516(20.5) 1116(22.0)
Oromo 3129(41.2) 692(28.6) 2437(47.1) 793(31.4) 2337(46.1)
Somalia 269(3.5) 32(1.3) 237(4.6) 53(2.1) 215(4.2)
Benishangul 81(1.1) 34(1.4) 47(0.9) 27(1.1) 54(1.1)
SNNP 1600(21.1) 611(25.3) 989(19.1) 530(21.0) 1070(21.1)
Gambela 21(0.3) 9(0.4) 12(0.2) 10(0.4) 11(0.2)
Harari 17(0.2) 6(0.2) 11(0.2) 10(0.4) 7(0.1)
Addis Ababa 199(2.6) 177(7.3) 22(0.4) 191(7.6) 7(0.1)
Dire Dwa 33(0.4) 22(0.9) 11(0.2) 22(0.9) 12(0.2)
Residence Urban 969(12.8) 608(25.2) 361(7.0) 0.000 816(32.3) 153(3.0) 0.000
Rural 6621(87.2) 1807(74.8) 4814(93.0) 1707(67.7) 4914(97.0)
Family size 1–3 1033(13.6) 397(16.4) 636(12.3) 0.000 517(20.5) 515(10.2) 0.000
4–6 3889(51.2) 1313(54.4) 2576(49.8) 1297(51.4) 2591(51.1)
7 and above 2668(35.2) 705(29.2) 1963(37.9) 709(28.1) 1960(38.7)
Birth order First 1434(18.9) 602(24.9) 832(16.1) 0.000 815(32.3) 619(12.2) 0.000
2–3 2282(30.1) 808(33.5) 1474(28.5) 855(33.9) 1426(28.1)
4–5 1751(23.1) 524(21.7) 1227(23.7) 440(17.4) 1312(25.9)
6 and above 2123(28.0) 481(19.9) 1642(31.7) 413(16.4) 1709(33.7)
Birth interval  <  = 24 1255(20.4) 306(16.9) 949(21.9) 0.000 253(14.8) 1002(22.6) 0.000
25–36 1873(30.5) 467(25.8) 1406(32.4) 418(24.5) 1456(32.8)
 >  = 37 3016(49.1) 1034(57.2) 1982(45.7) 1033(60.6) 1983(44.7)
Mass media No 4969(65.5) 1241(51.4) 3728(72.0) 0.000 1194(47.3) 3775(74.5) 0.000
Yes 2621(34.5) 1174(48.6) 1447(28.0) 1329(52.7) 1291(25.5)
Has mobile/Telephone No 6176(81.4) 1625(67.3) 4551(87.9) 0.000 1602(63.5) 4574(90.3) 0.000
Yes 1413(18.6) 789(32.7) 624(12.1) 921(36.5) 492(9.7)
Wealth index Poor 3305(43.5) 723(29.9) 2582(49.9) 0.000 659(26.1) 2646(52.2) 0.000
Middle 1588(20.9) 447(18.5) 1141(22.0) 448(17.8) 1140(22.5)
Rich 2697(35.5) 1245(51.6) 1452(28.1) 1416(56.1) 1280(25.3)
Distance to health facility Not big problem 4825(63.6) 1768(73.2) 3057(59.1) 0.000 1833(72.7) 2992(59.1) 0.000
Big problem 2764(36.4) 647(26.8)) 2118(40.9) 690(27.3) 2074(40.9)
Insurance Not insured 7273(95.8) 2272(94.1) 5001(96.6) 0.000 2362(93.6) 4910(96.9) 0.000
Insured 318(4.2) 143(5.9) 175(3.4) 161(6.4) 156(3.1)