Table 3.

knowledge and perception of ANC service utilization of pregnant women attending ANC services at selected public health institutions in southwest Ethiopia

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
For whom ANC is important	Fetus	30	5.9
	Mother	109	21.4
	Both	370	72.7
The perceived right time to start ANC (n=509)	Within 4 months	367	72.1
	After 4 months	142	27.9
Perception on number of ANC visits during pregnancy (n=509)	1	8	1.6
	2	22	4.3
	3	119	23.4
	≥4	293	57.6
	I don´t know	67	13.2
Awareness of obstetric danger signs (n=509)	Yes	191	37.5
	No	318	62.5
Did ANC used for birth preparedness (n=509)	Yes	480	5.7
	No	29	94.3