Table 4 Association between background characteristics and antenatal care (ANC) visits in study area Matlab, Bangladesh 2005-2009
Variables | icddr,b service area | Government service area | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 -1 ANC | 2 ANC | ≥ 3 ANC | 0 -1 ANC | 2 ANC | ≥ 3 ANC | |||
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-value* | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | P-value* | |
Age in year | ||||||||
<20 | 269 (14.4) | 539 (28.9) | 1057 (56.7) | <0.001 | 640 (42.2) | 502 (33.1) | 375 (24.7) | <0.001 |
20 - 24 | 572 (13.6) | 1180 (28.1) | 2446 (58.3) | 1862 (47.1) | 1226 (31.0) | 867 (21.9) | ||
25 - 34 | 889 (15.0) | 1644 (27.7) | 3412 (57.4) | 3290 (55.0) | 1550 (25.9) | 1137 (19.0) | ||
≥ 35 | 267 (20.8) | 367 (28.6) | 649 (50.6) | 797 (61.3) | 311 (23.9) | 193 (14.8) | ||
Parity | ||||||||
Null parity | 647 (12.8) | 1462 (29.0) | 2939 ( 58.2) | <0.001 | 1829 (40.5) | 1484 (32.9) | 1201 ( 26.6) | <0.001 |
1 -2 | 956 (14.9) | 1742 (27.1) | 3725 (58.0) | 3176 (54.1) | 1606 (27.4) | 1090 (18.6) | ||
3 or more | 394 (21.6) | 526 (28.9) | 900 (49.5) | 1584 (67.0) | 499 (21.1) | 281 (11.9) | ||
Education in year | ||||||||
0 | 459 (19.1) | 690 ( 28.7) | 1254 (52.2) | <0.001 | 1544 (56.9) | 713 ( 26.3) | 456 (16.8) | <0.001 |
1 – 5 | 524 (15.5) | 944 (27.9) | 1919 (56.7) | 2372 (58.1) | 1092 (26.8) | 616 (15.1) | ||
≥ 6 | 1014 (13.5) | 2096 (27.9) | 4391 (58.5) | 2673 (44.9) | 1784 (29.9) | 1500 (25.2) | ||
Asset quintiles | ||||||||
1-poorest | 387 (18.9) | 574 (28.1) | 1082 (53.0) | <0.001 | 1322 (64.2) | 494 (24.0) | 242 (11.8) | <0.001 |
2 | 349 (15.3) | 681 (29.9) | 1247 (54.8) | 1333 (59.6) | 574 (25.7) | 329 (14.7) | ||
3 | 444 (16.4) | 780 (28.8) | 1487 (54.9) | 1577 (52.9) | 850 (28.5) | 553 (18.6) | ||
4 | 397 (13.2) | 821 (27.3) | 1788 (59.5) | 1295 (46.5) | 849 (30.5) | 642 (23.0) | ||
5-richest | 420 (12.9) | 874 (26.9) | 1960 (60.2) | 1062 (39.5) | 822 (30.6) | 806 (30.0) | ||
Gestational age in weeks | ||||||||
<37 | 497 (25.1) | 664 (33.6) | 818 (41.3) | <0.001 | 1178 (57.1) | 551 (26.7) | 334 (16.2) | <0.001 |
≥ 37 | 1500 (13.3) | 3066 (27.1) | 6746 (59.6) | 5411 (50.6) | 3038 (28.4) | 2238 (20.9) | ||
Delivery type | ||||||||
Vaginal | 1792 (15.3) | 3353 (28.6) | 6569 (56.1) | <0.001 | 6281 (53.5) | 3289 (28.0) | 2175 (18.5) | <0.001 |
Cesarean section | 205 (13.1) | 371 (23.6) | 993 (63.3) | 302 (30.4) | 299 (30.1) | 393 (39.5) | ||