Research Article
Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan
Table 3
Antenatal care utilization and its related characteristics.
| | Variable | Frequency (%) |
| | ANC visits (n = 850) | | Yes | 589 (69.3) | | No | 261 (30.7) |
| | Trimester of ANC visits (n = 589) | | First | 336 (57) | | Second | 199 (33.8) | | Third | 54 (9.2) |
| | Total number of ANC visits (n = 589) | | 1 | 243 (41.2) | | 2 | 218 (37.1) | | 4 and above | 128 (21.7) |
| | Place for ANC visits (n = 589) | | Comprehensive health clinic | 347 (58.9) | | Hospitals | 231(39.3) | | Private clinic | 11 (1.8) |
| | ANC services’ awareness (n = 589) | | Health institutions | 153 (25.9) | | Media | 108 (18.4) | | Family and friends | 328 (55.7) |
| | Who benefited the most from ANC visits (n = 589) | | Mother | 18 (3.1) | | Child | 88 (14.9) | | Both | 483 (82) |
| | Health education received in each ANC visit (n = 589) | | Yes | 528 (89.6) | | No | 46 (7.8) | | Do not know | 15 (2.6) |
| | Behaviors of the ANC provider (n = 589) | | Satisfactory | 413 (70.1) | | Unsatisfactory | 176 (29.9) |
| | Reasons for not visiting the ANC facility (n = 261) | | Lack of awareness | 57 (21.8) | | Transportation problem | 67 (25.7) | | Family problems | 125 (47.9) | | Personal problems | 12 (4.6) |
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