Table 1 Focused antenatal care utilization among pregnant women in west Oromia, Nekemte, Ethiopia, 2017
Variables (N = 420) | Response | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Frequency of ANC attendance | Once | 64 | 15.2 |
Twice | 76 | 18.1 | |
Three times | 124 | 29.5 | |
Four or more times | 135 | 32.1 | |
Didn’t attended | 21 | 5.0 | |
Information not given at ANC clinics | Nutrition in pregnancy | 8 | 1.9 |
Care of the baby | 11 | 2.6 | |
Family planning | 35 | 8.3 | |
Place of delivery | 12 | 2.9 | |
Progress of pregnancy | 19 | 4.5 | |
Complications in pregnancy | 18 | 4.3 | |
Counseling on HIV/AIDS | 31 | 7.4 | |
None | 286 | 68.1 | |
Sites of ANC attendance | Private clinic | 17 | 4.0 |
Health centers | 234 | 55.7 | |
Government hospital | 151 | 36.0 | |
Missionary hospital | 4 | 1.0 | |
Not attended | 14 | 3.3 | |
Trimester of ANC follow up | < 14 weeks | 48 | 11.4 |
14–27 weeks | 330 | 78.6 | |
28–40 weeks | 42 | 10.0 | |
Regularity of ANC attendance | Yes | 337 | 80.2 |
Sometimes | 69 | 16.4 | |
Never attended | 14 | 3.3 | |
Patterns of ANC attendance after booking | Appointment days | 337 | 80.2 |
When I have complaints | 69 | 16.4 | |
I do not go at all | 14 | 3.3 | |
Attendance Time of ANC | In the morning | 119 | 28.3 |
In the afternoon | 30 | 7.1 | |
Anytime I want | 257 | 61.2 | |
Not at all | 14 | 3.3 |