Out-of-pocket costs and time spent attending antenatal care services: a case study of pregnant women in selected rural communities in Zinder, Niger

Table 4 ANC attendance score based on 4 ANC visits by gestational age (trimester) of pregnancy^{a, b}

	First trimester	Second trimester	First half of third trimester	Second half of third trimester
Minimum acceptable ANC attendance score	0	1	2	3
Maximum possible ANC attendance score	1	2	3	4
Median (Q1, Q3) attendance score^c	0 (−1, 0)	0 (−1, 0)	0 (−1, 0)	1 (− 1, 1)

^aANC Antenatal care;
^bTrimesters were defined as: first trimester, ≤13 weeks; second trimester: > 13 weeks to 27 weeks; first half of third trimester: > 27 weeks day to 34 weeks; and second half of third trimester: > 34 weeks
^cMedian (1st quartile (Q1), 3rd quartile (Q3))

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