Research Article
Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Respondents’ characteristics.
| Items | Frequency | Percentage |
| Age (in Years) | | | <=25 | 77 | 51.4 | 26-30 | 59 | 39.3 | 31=> | 14 | 9.3 | Mean ±SD = | 25.8±3.6 | | Age at Marriage (in Years) | | | <=18 | 110 | 73.3 | 19=+ | 40 | 26.7 | Mean ±SD = | 17.7±1.7 | | Age at First Pregnancy(in Years) | | | <=20 | 127 | 84.7 | 20=+ | 23 | 15.3 | Mean ±SD = | 18±1.7 | | Number of Pregnancies | | | One Time | 39 | 26.0 | Two Times | 51 | 34.0 | Three Times | 49 | 32.7 | Four or more Times | 11 | 7.3 | Type of family | | | Nuclear Family | 113 | 75.3 | Joint Family | 37 | 24.7 | Decision Maker of the family | | | Husband | | | Father-in-Law | 26 | 17.4 | Mother-in-Law | 11 | 7.3 | Husband | 102 | 68.0 | Self | 11 | 7.3 | Religion | | | Hindu | 150 | 100.0 | Education level | | | Illiterate | 40 | 26.6 | Primary level | 67 | 44.7 | Secondary level | 36 | 24.0 | Higher secondary level | 7 | 4.7 | Occupation | | | House-maker | 74 | 49.4 | Business | 8 | 5.3 | Service | 7 | 4.7 | Daily wages | 53 | 35.3 | Agriculture | 8 | 5.3 |
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