Table 5. Demographic characteristics and antenatal care follow-up patterns among women attending primary healthcare centers in various regions of Al-Ahsa.

Demo + follow-up center		Follow-up center										P-value
		South		Middle		North		Eastern		others
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (years)	18–25	14	22.6%	20	27.4%	6	12.0%	20	30.3%	3	11.5%	0.036
	26–35	36	58.1%	39	53.4%	28	56.0%	41	62.1%	18	69.2%
	36–45	12	19.4%	14	19.2%	16	32.0%	5	7.6%	5	19.2%
Do you have children?	yes	57	91.9%	63	86.3%	47	94.0%	54	81.8%	25	96.2%	0.132
	no	5	8.1%	10	13.7%	3	6.0%	12	18.2%	1	3.8%
Number of children	0	5	8.1%	8	11.0%	3	6.0%	10	15.2%	2	7.7%	0.239
	1	19	30.6%	20	27.4%	14	28.0%	11	16.7%	4	15.4%
	2	14	22.6%	17	23.3%	6	12.0%	18	27.3%	6	23.1%
	3	10	16.1%	16	21.9%	8	16.0%	13	19.7%	6	23.1%
	4	9	14.5%	5	6.8%	7	14.0%	10	15.2%	3	11.5%
	5	5	8.1%	7	9.6%	12	24.0%	4	6.1%	5	19.2%
Pregnant?	I am pregnant now	22	35.5%	35	47.9%	11	22.0%	23	34.8%	7	26.9%	0.044
	I am not currently pregnant	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
	I was pregnant in the last 5 years	40	64.5%	38	52.1%	39	78.0%	43	65.2%	19	73.1%
	I was not pregnant within the last 5 years	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Nature of pregnancy	Natural	59	95.2%	63	86.3%	42	84.0%	59	89.4%	23	88.5%	0.384
	With medical help	3	4.8%	10	13.7%	8	16.0%	7	10.6%	3	11.5%
Educational level	Illiterate/Primary school	1	1.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	3.0%	1	3.8%	0.271
	Intermediate/High school	22	35.5%	23	31.5%	14	28.0%	12	18.2%	5	19.2%
	University/Higher	39	62.9%	50	68.5%	36	72.0%	52	78.8%	20	76.9%
Job	Unemployed/Housewife	42	67.7%	42	57.5%	26	52.0%	41	62.1%	18	69.2%	0.396
	Student	5	8.1%	7	9.6%	1	2.0%	7	10.6%	2	7.7%
	Government employee	13	21.0%	18	24.7%	17	34.0%	16	24.2%	4	15.4%
	Non-government employee	2	3.2%	6	8.2%	6	12.0%	2	3.0%	2	7.7%
Income	<5,000	21	33.9%	29	39.7%	7	14.0%	23	34.8%	9	34.6%	0.039
	5,000–10,000	28	45.2%	21	28.8%	22	44.0%	19	28.8%	10	38.5%
	>10,000–20,000	12	19.4%	19	26.0%	14	28.0%	20	30.3%	7	26.9%
	>20,000	1	1.6%	4	5.5%	7	14.0%	4	6.1%	0	0.0%