Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

First ANC vist

Early

460(22.31)

877(26.5)

1541(32.39)

Delayed

2601(77.69)

2489(73.95)

3217(67.61)

Maternal age (years)

15–24

588(28.51)

947(28.13)

1233(25.90)

25–34

1002(48.58)

1638(48.61)

2488(52.29)

35–49

473(22.91)

783(23.26)

10,377(21.81)

Mean ± SD

28.36 ± 6.8

28.59 ± 6.62

28.7 ± 6.6

Maternal education

No education

1286(62.39)

1780(52.89)

2569(54.01)

education

776(37.31)

1586(47.11)

2188(45.99)

Marital status

Married

1868(90.62)

2859(84.95)

4419(92.89)

Not married

194(9.38)

507(15.05)

339(7.11)

Head of houshold

Male

1753(85.06)

2750(81.71)

4066(85.48)

female

308(14.94)

615(18.29)

691(4.52)

House hold size

1–4

663(32.15)

1092(32.44)

1677(35.24)

5–22

1398(67.85)

2271(67.49)

3081(64.76)

Media exposure

No

962(46.66)

917(27.23)

2735(57.49)

Yes

2000(53.34)

2447(72.69)

2023(42.57)

Wealth index

Poor

508(24.65)

1030(30.58)

1727(36.30)

Middle

408(19.78)

616(18.31)

993(20.87)

Rich

1146(55.58)

1720(51.11)

2038(42.83)

parity

Primiparous

413(20.04)

753(22.37)

1119(23.52)

Multiparous

1649(79.96)

2613(77.62)

3638(76.48)

Ever had terminated preginancy

No

1853(89.9)

3007(89.35)

4322(90.68)

Yes

208 (10.1)

359(10.65)

435(9.14)

Wanted last pregnancy

Un Wanted

388(18.8)

342(10.15)

324(6.81)

Wanted

1674(81.2)

3024(89.85)

4433(93.19)

Residence

urban

439(21.32)

894(26.54)

870(18.29)

rural

1621(78.68)

2472(73.46)

3887(81.79)

Distance from health facilities

Big problem

1241(60.22)

2144(63.71)

2397(50.39)

Not big problem

820(39.78)

1219(36.150

2359(49.81)

Communitymedia usage

Low

696 (33.75)

1867(53.79)

2773(58.29)

High

1366 (66.25)

1604 (46.21)

1984(41.71)

Community poverty level

Low

245(11.91)

1734 (49.96)

2438(51.24)

High

1816 (88.09)

1737(50.04)

2320(48.76)