Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in Zambia (2010–2015).

			Year of Visit
			2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Total
Age categories	15–24 years	N	16,518	7,124	8,181	8,069	8,224	5,382	53,498
		%	51	51	51	51	53	52	51
	25–34 years	N	12,486	5,439	6,162	5,873	5,644	3,881	39,485
		%	38	39	39	37	36	37	38
	35–49 years	N	3,494	1,424	1,610	1,750	1,716	1,178	11,172
		%	11	10	10	11	11	11	11
Marital status	Single	N	3,125	1,291	1,393	800	783	1,135	8,527
		%	10	9	9	5	5	11	8
	Married	N	27,139	11,774	13,124	12,940	12,727	7,569	85,273
		%	84	84	82	82	82	72	82
	Divorced	N	149	61	70	52	48	68	448
		%	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.7	0.4
	Widowed	N	100	69	59	43	52	50	373
		%	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.4
	Missing	N	1,985	792	1,307	1,857	1,974	1,619	9,534
		%	6	6	8	12	13	16	9
Education level attained	No education	N	1,593	474	1,134	676	657	363	4,897
		%	5	3	7	4	4	3	5
	Primary level	N	12,309	4,580	5,631	5,441	4,384	3,026	35,371
		%	38	33	35	35	28	29	34
	Secondary level	N	12,770	6,098	6,372	5,291	5,057	4,558	40,146
		%	39	44	40	38	32	44	39
	Tertiary	N	646	533	434	434	348	392	2,787
		%	2	4	3	3	2	4	3
	Missing	N	5,180	2,302	2,382	3,850	5,138	2,102	20,954
		%	16	16	15	25	33	20	20
Total			32,498	13,987	15,953	15,692	15,584	10,441	104,155