Utilizing a Minimum of Four Antenatal Care Visits and Associated Factors in Debre Berhan Town, North Shewa, Amhara, Ethiopia, 2020

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Study Participants in Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia 2020 (n=390)

Characteristics		Frequency	Percentage
Age of women in years	19–24	65	16.7
	25–34	269	69.0
	≥35	56	14.4
Religion	Orthodox	342	87.8
	Muslim	18	4.6
	Protestant	26	6.7
	Others	4	1.0
Ethnicity	Amhara	378	96.9
	Oromo	3	0.8
	Tigre	2	0.5
	Guragie	5	1.3
	Others	2	0.5
Marital status	Married	370	94.9
	Divorced/separated	16	4.1
	Widowed	1	0.3
	Single	3	0.8
Educational status	No education	37	9.5
	Primary education^Citation1^–^Citation8	125	32.1
	Secondary education^Citation9^–^Citation12	61	15.6
	College and above	167	42.8
Occupation	Farmer	4	1.0
	Housewives	9	2.3
	Private employed	188	48.2
	Gov’t employed	46	11.8
	Merchant	107	27.4
	Others	29	7.4
		7	1.8
Family monthly income(ETB)	≤500	7	1.8
	501–1500	23	5.9
	1501–2500	49	12.6
	≥2501	311	79.7
Educational status of partner	No education	37	9.5
	Primary education^Citation1^–^Citation8	46	11.8
	Secondary education^Citation9^–^Citation12	98	25.1
	College and above	209	53.6
Occupation of partner	Farmer	20	5.1
	Private employed	100	25.6
	Gov’t employed	158	40.5
	Merchant	70	17.9
	Daily laborer	27	6.9
	Others	15	3.8
Ever Heard maternal health services	Yes	349	89.5
	No	41	10.5
Source of maternal health information(n=349)	Mass-media(tv/radio)	122	35.0
	Health care provider	214	61.3
	Others	13	3.7

Table 2 Reproductive and Maternal Health Services-Related Characteristics of the Study Participants in Debre Berhan Town Ethiopia 2020 (n=390)

Characteristics		Frequency	Percentage
Number of pregnancy	1	140	35.9
	2–3	209	53.6
	≥4	41	10.5
Pregnancy planned	Yes	378	96.9
	No	12	3.1
Number of children	1	142	36.4
	2–3	213	54.6
	≥4	35	9.0
Number of ANC visit for the last pregnancy	<4	84	21.5
	≥4	306	78.5
Timing of first ANC visit for the last pregnancy	≤16 weeks	337	86.4
	>16 weeks	53	13.6
Place of ANC visit	Gov’t hospital	109	27.9
	Gov’t health center	228	58.5
	Private hospital	30	7.7
	Private clinic	23	5.9
Partner support	Yes	345	88.5
	No	45	11.5
Informed key pregnancy danger signs	Yes	359	92.1
	No	31	7.9
Blood pressure measured at ANC	Yes	378	96.9
	No	12	3.1
Urine sample taken	Yes	368	94.4
	No	22	5.6
Blood sample taken	Yes	382	97.9
	No	8	2.1
Nutritional counseling	Yes	370	94.9
	No	20	5.1
TT vaccine at ANC	Yes	260	66.7
	No	130	33.3
Number of TT vaccine(n=260)	One	87	33.5
	Two or more	173	66.5
Iron tablet taken	Yes	353	90.5
	No	37	9.5
Deworming during ANC	Yes	140	90.5
	No	250	9.5
Informed about Birth preparedness plan	Yes	352	90.3
	No	38	9.7
Status of Birth preparedness	Well prepared	199	51.0
	Not well prepared	191	49.0

Table 3 Factors Associated with the Utilization of a Minimum 4 Antenatal Visits in Debre Berhan Town Ethiopia 2020 (n=390)

Variables	Utilization of Minimum 4 ANC		COR(95% CI)	AOR(95% CI)
	Yes	No
Educational status of the mother
No education	21	16	1	1
Primary education	92	33	2.124(0.991–4.553)	1.89(0.788–4.524)
Secondary education	45	16	2.143(0.902–5.090)	1.88(0.708–4.965)
College and above	148	19	5.935(2.648–13.300)	3.79(1.539–9.351)*
Number of pregnancy
One	115	25	2.385(1.097–5.188)	1.61(0.567–4.562)
Two-three	164	45	1.890(0.915–3.901)	1.18(0.459–3.011)
Four or more	27	14	1	1
Was the pregnancy planned
Yes	301	77	5.473(1.691–17.715)	2.08(0.440–9.851)
No	5	7	1	1
Timing of first ANC visit
≤16 weeks	288	49	11.429(6.001–21.764)	8.87(4.478–17.558)*
>16 weeks	18	35	1	1
Husband support
Yes	283	62	4.366(2.289–8.329)	2.29(1.076–4.877)*
No	23	22	1	1
Informed key pregnancy danger signs
Yes	288	71	2.930(1.371–6.259)	1.10(0.388–3.146)
No	18	13	1	1
Nutritional counseling during pregnancy
Yes	293	77	2.049(0.790–5.311)	1.17(0.318–4.318)
No	13	7	1	1
TT vaccination during pregnancy
Yes	215	45	2.048(1.250–3.355)	1.73(0.979–3.057)
No	91	39	1	1
Iron and folate taken
Yes	286	67	3.628(1.803–7.300)	1.18(0.450–3.096)
No	20	17	1	1
Informed about BPCR
Yes	281	71	2.058(1.003–4.224)	1.29(0.519–3.224)
No	25	13	1	1
Status of BPCR
Well-prepared	168	31	2.081(1.266–3.422)	1.45(0.840–2.676)
Not well-prepared	138	53	1	1

Note: *p-value < 0.05.

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