Research Article
Previous Early Antenatal Service Utilization Improves Timely Booking: Cross-Sectional Study at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 2
Obstetric characteristics of pregnant women by time of booking, University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013.
| | Variables | Total (%) |
| | Number of children alive () | | | 1-2 children | 120 (74.4%) | | >2 children | 48 (25.6%) | | Had ANC visit for last pregnancy () | | | Yes | 131 (77.1%) | | No | 39 (22.9%) | | Previous ANC first visit () | | | Booked early (≤4 months) | 62 (47.3%) | | Booked lately (>4 months) | 69 (52.7%) | | State of current pregnancy () | | | Planned | 332 (90.0%) | | Unplanned | 37 (10.0%) | | History of abortion () | | | Yes | 94 (25.5%) | | No | 275 (74.5%) | | History of death of child () | | | Yes | 38 (10.3%) | | No | 331 (89.7%) | | Perceptions on timing of first visit () | | | Early (≤12 weeks) | 256 (69.4%) | | Lately (>12 weeks) | 113 (30.6%) | | Perceived number of ANC visits per pregnancy () | | | <4 times | 137 (37.1%) | | ≥4 times | 232 (62.9%) | | Mode of previous delivery () | | | Spontaneous vaginal delivery | 143 (86.1%) | | C-section | 23 (13.9%) |
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