Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (n = 850).

Variable	Frequency (%)
Age groups
<20	13 (1.5)
20–35	694 (81.6)
>35	143 (16.8)
Districts
Fourth	240 (28.2)
Seventh	180 (21.2)
Twelfth	260 (30.6)
Fourteenth	170 (20.0)
Language spoken
Pashto	801 (94.2)
Dari	49 (5.8)
Women educational status
No formal education	800 (94.1)
Primary	24 (2.8)
Secondary	6 (0.7)
High school graduate	2 (0.2)
Religious (Madrasa)	18 (2.1)
Husband education
No formal education	732 (86.1)
Primary	30 (3.5)
Secondary	24 (2.8)
High school graduate	23 (2.7)
Higher education	13 (1.5)
Religious (Madrasa)	28 (3.3)
Women occupation
Unemployed/housewife	846 (99.5)
Government employed	2 (0.2)
Self-employed	2 (0.2)
Husband occupation
Government employed	17 (2)
Self-employed	793 (93.3)
Unemployed	40 (4.7)
House distance from the health facility
≤5 km	693 (81.5)
>5 km	157 (18.5)
Family size
1 to 7 people	31 (3.6)
8 to 12 people	275 (32.4)
>12 people	544 (64)
Household income (Afghanis)
5000–10000	516 (60.7)
>10000	334 (39.3)