Table 2.
Obstetric history of pregnant women who were attending ANCat Addis Zemen primary hospital, February –June 2018 (n = 364)
| Variable | Time of ANC initiation | Total n (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early n (%) | Late n (%) | ||
| Gravidity (n = 364) | |||
| Primigravida | 55 (31.8) | 73 (38.2) | 128 (35.2) |
| Multigravida | 118 (68.2) | 118 (61.8) | 236 (64.8) |
| Parity (n = 236) | |||
| Primiparous | 37 (31.4) | 32 (27.1) | 69 (29.2) |
| Multiparus | 81 (68.6) | 86 (72.9) | 167 (70.8) |
| Abortion history (n = 236) | |||
| Yes | 17 (14.4) | 14 (11.9) | 31 (13.1) |
| No | 101 (85.6) | 104 (88.1) | 205 (86.9) |
| Planned pregnancy (n = 364) | |||
| Yes | 143 (82.7) | 127 (66.5) | 270 (74.2) |
| No | 30 (17.3) | 64 (33.5) | 94 (25.8) |
| Alive child (n = 234) | |||
| 0 | 1 (0.9) | 2 (1.7) | 3 (1.3) |
| 1 | 37 (31.6) | 32 (27.4) | 69 (29.5) |
| 2–4 | 69 (59) | 78 (66.7) | 147 (62.8) |
| > 4 | 10 (8.5) | 5 (4.3) | 15 (6.4) |
| Child death (n = 222) | |||
| Yes | 2 (1.8) | 4 (3.7) | 6 (2.8) |
| No | 112 (98.2) | 104 (96.3) | 216 (97.3) |
| Still birth(n = 160) | |||
| Yes | 2 (2.9) | 6 (6.7) | 8 (5) |
| No | 68 (97.1) | 84 (93.3) | 152 (95) |
| Problem in the last pregnancy (n = 236) | |||
| Yes | 36 (30.5) | 29 (24.6) | 65 (27.5) |
| No | 82 (69.5) | 89 (75.4) | 171 (72.5) |
| CS history (n = 236) | |||
| Yes | 13 (11) | 13 (11) | 26 (11) |
| No | 105 (89) | 105 (89) | 210 (89) |
| History of ANC (n = 236) | |||
| Yes | 102 (86.4) | 98 (83.1) | 200 (84.7) |
| No | 16 (13.6) | 20 (16.9) | 36 (15.3) |
| ANC initiation time for the previous pregnancy (n = 200) | |||
| ≤ 12 weeks | 47 (46.1) | 24 (24.5) | 71 (35.5) |
| > 12 weeks | 55 (53.9) | 74 (75.5) | 129 (64.5) |