Table 4. Perceived barriers to access health center among ANC4+ achievers and non-achievers.
Perceived barrier | Overall (n = 377) | Achievers (n = 123) | Non-achievers (n = 254) | ||||
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n | % | n | % | n | % | p-value | |
Financial barrier | |||||||
No money | 300 | 79.6 | 91 | 74.0 | 209 | 82.3 | 0.061 |
Transportation barrier | |||||||
No transportation | 267 | 70.8 | 70 | 56.9 | 197 | 77.6 | <0.001 |
Geographical/Environmental barrier | |||||||
Too far | 312 | 82.8 | 95 | 77.2 | 217 | 85.4 | 0.048 |
Bumpy road | 267 | 70.8 | 81 | 65.9 | 186 | 73.2 | 0.140 |
Dust | 266 | 70.6 | 85 | 69.1 | 181 | 71.3 | 0.667 |
Undulation of the road | 250 | 66.3 | 72 | 58.5 | 178 | 70.1 | 0.026 |
Rain | 216 | 57.3 | 66 | 53.7 | 150 | 59.1 | 0.321 |
Forest/bush | 89 | 23.6 | 25 | 20.4 | 64 | 25.2 | 0.296 |
Flood | 63 | 16.7 | 22 | 17.5 | 41 | 16.1 | 0.670 |
Health-related barrier | |||||||
Fetal movement | 248 | 65.8 | 76 | 61.8 | 172 | 67.7 | 0.255 |
Felt tired | 245 | 65.0 | 75 | 61.0 | 170 | 66.9 | 0.256 |
Headache | 218 | 57.8 | 64 | 52.0 | 154 | 60.6 | 0.279 |
Vomiting | 203 | 53.8 | 66 | 53.7 | 137 | 53.9 | 0.959 |
Abdominal pain | 162 | 43.0 | 44 | 35.8 | 118 | 46.5 | 0.049 |
Blurry vision | 122 | 32.4 | 37 | 30.1 | 85 | 33.5 | 0.510 |
Edema | 94 | 24.9 | 24 | 19.5 | 70 | 27.6 | 0.090 |
Vaginal bleeding | 13 | 3.4 | 4 | 3.3 | 9 | 3.5 | 0.574 |
Facility-related barrier | |||||||
Long waiting time | 175 | 46.4 | 64 | 52.0 | 111 | 43.7 | 0.128 |
Inconvenient service hour | 131 | 34.7 | 48 | 39.0 | 83 | 32.7 | 0.225 |
Not wanting to be scolded | 91 | 24.1 | 27 | 22.0 | 64 | 25.2 | 0.490 |
Afraid to go | 90 | 23.9 | 19 | 15.4 | 71 | 28.0 | 0.008 |
Good service not available | 46 | 12.2 | 10 | 8.1 | 36 | 14.2 | 0.093 |
Didn’t know where to go | 39 | 10.3 | 6 | 4.9 | 33 | 13.0 | 0.015 |
No female doctor | 29 | 7.7 | 5 | 4.1 | 24 | 9.4 | 0.066 |
Family-related barrier | |||||||
Difficult to leave elder children (achiever = 78, non-achiever = 159) | 77 | 32.5 | 23 | 29.5 | 54 | 34.0 | 0.489 |
No one can accompany | 76 | 20.2 | 12 | 9.8 | 64 | 25.2 | <0.001 |
No support from husband | 57 | 15.1 | 14 | 11.4 | 43 | 16.9 | 0.159 |
No support from mother-in-law | 39 | 10.3 | 13 | 10.6 | 26 | 10.2 | 0.921 |