Table 4 Patient characteristics of women who participated in the ANC observational and exit interviews
Variable | Kenya | Tanzania | Malawi |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) (weighted) | N (%) (weighted) | N (%) (weighted) | |
Age | |||
< 20 | 195 (13.97) | 761 (19.21) | 406 (20.26) |
20–35 | 1119 (80.05) | 2762 (69.72) | 1435 (71.51) |
≥35 | 84 (5.98) | 439 (11.07) | 165 (8.23) |
Level of education | |||
None | 105 (7.48) | 934 (23.33) | 288 (13.95) |
Primary | 783 (55.67) | 2415 (60.27) | 1267 (61.31) |
Secondary | 364 (25.93) | 587 (14.65) | 453 (21.92) |
Higher | 153 (10.91) | 69 (1.75) | 58 (2.82) |
Patient’s first pregnancy | |||
Yes | 394 (28.54) | 998 (25.06) | 504 (24.47) |
No | 988 (71.46) | 2987 (74.94) | 1556 (75.53) |
Trimester of pregnancy | |||
First trimester (≤ 12 weeks) | 21 (1.50) | 145 (3.64) | 84 (4.10) |
Second trimester (13–26 weeks) | 384 (27.31) | 1793 (44.75) | 891 (43.13) |
Third trimester (≥ 27 weeks) | 1003 (71.19) | 2067 (51.61) | 1091 (52.77) |
Previous stillbirth or infant mortality (< 1 week) | |||
Yes | 281 (19.99) | 724 (18.08) | 508 (24.57) |
No | 1124 (80.01) | 3282 (81.92) | 1559 (75.43) |
Facility nearest to home | |||
Yes | 1088 (77.43) | 3508 (87.59) | 1860 (90.10) |
No | 317 (22.57) | 497 (12.41) | 204 (9.90) |
Residence | |||
Urban | NA | 1123 (28.05) | 586 (28.38) |
Rural | NA | 2883 (71.95) | 1481 (71.62) |