Does Timing of Antenatal Care Initiation and the Contents of Care Have Effect on Caesarean Delivery in Ethiopia? Findings from Demographic and Health Survey

Table 3

Obstetrics, fertility, and reproductive health-related characteristics (N = 4757).

Variable	Frequency	Percent
Timing of first antenatal care
Early (within 16 weeks of pregnancy)	2342	49.2
Late (above 16 weeks of gestation)	2415	50.8
Wanted status of a child
Wanted then	3612	75.9
Wanted later	821	17.3
Wanted no more	324	0.68
Parity
Multipara	3638	76.5
Primipara	1119	23.5
Age at first birth
≤19	2919	61.4
20–34	1828	38.4
≥35	10	0.2
Number of children
1–2	1960	41.2
3–5	1727	36.3
6 and more	1070	22.5
Number of antenatal care visits
≤4	3536	74.33
>4	1221	25.66
Birth weight of the recent pregnancy
≤2499 gram	259	5.4
2500–3999 gram	797	16.8
≥4000 gram	3701	77.8

Percent distribution of births to women aged 15–49 in the 5 years preceding the survey, including current pregnancies, by planning status of the birth wanted then, wanted later, or not wanted at all. A woman that has been having had more than one pregnancy resulting in viable offspring.