The Magnitude of Optimal Antenatal Care Utilization and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Obstetric characteristics of respondents in the South Gondar Zone.
Variable
Categories
Frequency
Percentage
Birth order
First
81
18.7
2–3
156
35.9
4 and above
197
45.4
Counseling about maternal health care
No
90
20.7
Yes
344
79.3
Size of child at birth
Small
111
25.6
Average
240
55.3
Large
83
19.1
Maternal health insurance
No
162
37.3
Yes
272
62.7
Health provider behavior
Good
364
83.9
Poor
70
16.1
Postdelivery shelter
No
42
9.7
Yes
392
90.3
The health facility in kebele
No
61
14.1
Yes
373
85.9
Nearest health institution
Health center
387
89.2
Privet clinic
14
3.2
Hospital
33
7.6
Duty service of maternal health care
No
172
39.6
Yes
262
60.4
Transportation
On foot
293
67.5
By car
141
32.5
Number of living children
1–3
241
55.5
4 and above
193
44.5
Experienced child death
No
325
74.9
Yes
109
25.1
Road access to the HF
No
235
54.1
Yes
199
45.9
Place of the previous delivery
Home
187
43.1
Health institution
247
56.9
Faced any health problem in the last pregnancy
No
279
64.3
Yes
155
35.7
Planned pregnancy
No
65
15.0
Yes
369
85.0
Wanted pregnancy
No
65
15.0
Yes
369
85.0
Experienced death of neonate aged less than seven days
No
366
84.3
Yes
68
15.7
History of abortion
No
355
81.8
Yes
79
18.2
Age at first pregnancy
<20
113
26.0
≥20
321
74.0
Age at first marriage
Less than 15
57
13.1
15–19
146
33.6
20–24
205
47.2
≥25
26
6.0
The time taken to get to the nearest health facility
