Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of respondents
| Characteristics | ANC not received n = 167 Number (%) |
ANC received n = 143 Number (%) |
Total n = 310 Number (%) |
|
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 17 | 11 (6.6) | 1 (0.7) | 12 (3.9) | |
| 17–35 | 124 (74.3) | 101 (70.6) | 225 (72.6) | |
| > 35 | 32 (19.2) | 41 (28.7) | 73 (23.5) | |
| Mean = 28.6 SD = 7.2 Min = 16.0 Max = 47.0 | ||||
| Occupation | ||||
| Housewife | 15 (9.0) | 19 (13.3) | 34 (11.0) | |
| Farmer | 139 (83.2) | 73 (51.0) | 212 (68.4) | |
| Merchant | 7 (4.2) | 25 (17.5) | 32 (10.3) | |
| Government official/worker | 6 (3.6) | 26 (18.2) | 32 (10.3) | |
| Ethnic groups | ||||
| Lao Lum | 32 (19.2) | 90 (62.9) | 122 (39.4) | |
| Lao Soung (Hmong) | 75 (44.9) | 24 (16.8) | 99 (31.9) | |
| Lao ther (kmu) | 60 (35.9) | 29 (20.3) | 89 (28.7) | |
| Educational level | ||||
| No schooling | 93 (55.7) | 12 (8.4) | 105 (33.9) | |
| Primary school (1–5 grade) | 61 (36.5) | 52 (36.4) | 113 (36.4) | |
| Secondary school/higher (6+ grade) | 13 (7.8) | 79 (55.2) | 92 (29.7) | |
| Average monthly income (in U.S. dollarsa) | ||||
| < 25 | 111 (66.5) | 23 (16.1) | 134 (43.2) | |
| ≥ 25 | 56 (33.5) | 120 (83.9) | 176 (56.8) | |
| Mean = 40.5 SD = 33.6 Min = 5.0 Max = 300.0 | ||||
| Number of pregnancies | ||||
| 1–2 | 56 (33.5) | 43 (30.1) | 99 (31.9) | |
| ≥ 3 | 111 (66.5) | 100 (69.9) | 211 (68.1) | |
| Mean = 3.2 SD = 1.3 Min = 1.0 Max = 9.0 | ||||
| Number of children | ||||
| 1–2 | 121 (72.5) | 81 (56.6) | 202 (65.2) | |
| ≥ 3 | 46 (27.5) | 62 (43.4) | 108 (34.8) | |
| Mean = 2.4 SD = 1.4 Min = 1.0 Max = 9.0 | ||||
a1 USD = 10,000 kips (2007)