Table 5.
Association between sociodemographic variables and utilization of antenatal care services.
| Utilization of Antenatal Care Services | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Demographic Variables |
Poor Utilization |
Good Utilization |
Total | χ 2 |
P Value |
| Age | |||||
| Up to 25 years | 9(11.7%) | 68(88.3%) | 77 | 50.674 | 0.001 |
| Above 25years | 50(68.5%) | 23(31.5%) | 73 | ||
| Educational status | |||||
| Illiterate | 33(82.5%) | 7(17.5%) | 40 | 42.594 | 0.001 |
| Literate | 26(23.6%) | 84(76.4%) | 110 | ||
| Age at Marriage | |||||
| Up to 18 Years | 46(41.8%) | 64(58.2%) | 110 | 1.067 | 0.302 |
| Above 18 Years | 13(32.5%) | 27(67.5%) | 40 | ||
| Age at first pregnancy | |||||
| Up to 19 years | 52(40.9%) | 75(59.1%) | 127 | 0.901 | 0.342 |
| Above 19 years | 7(30.4%) | 16(69.5%) | 23 | ||
| Type of Family | |||||
| Nuclear | 33(29.2%) | 80(70.8%) | 113 | 19.700 | 0.001 |
| Joint | 26(70.3%) | 11(29.7%) | 37 | ||