Table 1. Sample distributions of women (aged 15–49 yrs) included in the 2006 ANC surveillance survey and the 2005–06 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey, by selected characteristics.

	ANC3		ZDHS
	All women (15–49)		All women (15–49) interviewed and tested for HIV		Women in 30 km ANC catchment areas1		Women in 30 km ANC catchment areas who attended ANC for last birth2
	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N
Total	100.0	7202	100.0	6947	100.0	2943	100.0	777
Age group
15–24	58.7	4236	46.1	3200	48.2	1417	44.9	349
25–34	35.3	2547	30.3	2105	29.2	860	45.3	352
35–49	6.0	435	23.6	1642	22.6	666	9.8	76
Residence
Urban	52.4	3768	38.4	2670	71.8	2113	65.1	506
Rural	47.7	3430	61.6	4277	28.2	830	34.9	271
Education
None	0.9	66	4.3	301	2.1	61	*	11
Primary	21.3	1531	32.6	2263	21.2	623	19.7	153
Secondary/higher	77.8	5596	63.1	4383	76.8	2259	78.9	613
Work status
Not working	85.5	6158	63.4	4406	63.4	1866	67.3	523
Working	14.5	1048	36.6	2541	36.6	1077	32.7	254
Marital status
Never married	5.0	354	26.6	1846	32.5	957	(5.7)	44
Married	94.0	6699	58.0	4027	51.9	1527	83.5	649
Divorced/separated/ Widowed	1.0	71	15.5	1074	15.6	459	10.8	84
Number of living children 4
0	47.5	3414	30.0	2086	35.3	1040	40.03	311
1–2	41.2	2960	37.3	2590	38.2	1123	44.14	343
3–4	9.6	688	20.2	1401	18.2	536	11.71	91
5+	1.8	130	12.5	871	8.3	244	(4.1)	32

¹Women aged 15–49 yrs interviewed and tested by the ZDHS who lived within 30 km of the nearest ANC site.

²Women aged 15–49 yrs interviewed and tested by the ZDHS who lived within 30 km of the nearest ANC site and received ANC for their last birth in the previous three years.

³Ns for individual categories may not add up to the total due to missing information.

⁴Number of living children for women in the ZDHS sample who live within an ANC catchment area and attended ANC for the last birth has been adjusted to show parity at the time of the last ANC attendance (except for the most recent birth).

*0–24 unweighted case; () 25–49 unweighted cases.