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Table 2 Antenatal care utilisation and determinants before and after the implementation of the “Abiye” initiative in Ondo state

From: Maternal health care services utilisation in the context of ‘Abiye’ (safe motherhood) programme in Ondo State, Nigeria

Variables

2013 NDHS (Baseline survey)

Current study (Endline Survey)

More than one Antenatal care visit n(%)

No antenatal care visit n (%)

More than one Antenatal care visit n(%)

No antenatal care visit n(%)

All participants

345 (79.5)

89 (20.5)

393 (97.8)

9 (2.2)

Age

 15–24 years

57 (69.5)

25 (30.5)*

38 (95.0)

2 (5.0)

 25–34 years

163 (83.2)

33 (16.8)

222 (98.2)

4 (1.8)

 35–49 years

125 (80.1)

31 (19.9)

133 (97.8)

3 (2.2)

Place of residence

 Urban

168 (97.7)

4 (2.3)***

173 (99.4)

1 (0.6)*

 Rural

177 (67.6)

85 (32.4)

220 (96.5)

8 (3.5)

Levels of education

 Primary Education or less

114 (62.3)

69 (37.7)***

67 (94.4)

4 (5.6)*

 Secondary Education

176 (90.3)

19 (9.7)

214 (97.7)

5 (2.3)

 Higher Education

55 (98.2)

1 (1.8)

112 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

Religion

 Christians

276 (77.1)

82 (22.9)*

323 (98.2)

6 (1.8)

 Muslims

69 (90.8)

7 (9.5)

70 (95.9)

3 (4.1)

Ethnic groups

 Yoruba

236 (94.8)

13 (5.2)***

331 (97.4)

9 (2.6)

 Others

109 (58.9)

76 (41.1)

62 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

Watch television regularly

 Yes

287 (88.6)

37 (11.4)***

374 (97.7)

9 (2.3)

 No

58 (52.7)

52 (47.3)

19 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

Socio-economic status

 Low socioeconomic status

  

33 (97.1)

1 (2.9)

 Middle income

  

232 (96.7)

8 (3.3)

 High socio-economic status

  

126 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

Wealth status

 Poorer

41 (43.2)

54 (56.8)***

  

 Middle

90 (81.8)

20 (18.2)

  

 Richer

105 (90.5)

11 (9.5)

  

 Richest

109 (96.5)

4 (3.5)

  
  1. ***P-value< 0.001, *P-value< 0.05, P-values calculated from Pearson Chi-Square