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Table 5 Reported time spent for sequential ANC visits by pregnant womena

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

Time spent

Percentage of women reporting for each ANC visit attended

 

First

Second

Third

Fourth

Fifth

Nb

1733

1055

523

148

33

Less than half a day

1463 (84.4%)

897 (85.0%)

449 (86.2%)

124 (83.8%)

27 (84.4%)

Half a day

185 (10.7%)

109 (10.3%)

54 (10.4%)

20 (13.5%)

4 (12.5%)

More than half day

81 (4.7%)

43 (4.1%)

18 (3.4%)

4 (2.7%)

1 (3.1%)

  1. aANC Antenatal care
  2. bWomen were interviewed at any time of pregnancy, had self-selected number of ANC visits to attend and reported on sequential visits from earlier intervals, thus resulting in different available sample size per ANC visit