Table 3.

Reasons for ever missing an antenatal scheduled visit among the 22 Group A mothers

Reasons	Yes, n*	Yes, %	Rank
Lack of money to come to ANC	22	100	1
Fear of someone finding/seeing me	20	90.9	2
Perceived poor staff attitude	19	86.4	3
Long distance to FMC	16	72.7	4
Experienced long waiting times at ANC	13	59.1	5
Lacked confidence in staff in keeping confidentiality	13	59.1	5
FMC staff went on an industrial strike	11	50.0	6
Unavailability of vehicles to convey from the village	10	45.5	7
Staff did not spend quality time with me	8	36.4	8
Experienced strain/violence following disclosure of HIV status to spouse	7	31.8	9

Note:

^*Multiple responses possible.

Abbreviations: ANC, antenatal care; FMC, Federal Medical Centre; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.