Research Article
Utilization of Antenatal Care Services in Dalit Communities in Gorkha, Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 5
Association between sociodemographic variables and utilization of antenatal care services.
| Utilization of Antenatal Care Services | Demographic Variables | Poor Utilization | Good Utilization | Total | | P Value |
| Age | | | | | | Up to 25 years | 9(11.7%) | 68(88.3%) | 77 | 50.674 | 0.001 | Above 25years | 50(68.5%) | 23(31.5%) | 73 | | | Educational status | | | | | | Illiterate | 33(82.5%) | 7(17.5%) | 40 | 42.594 | 0.001 | Literate | 26(23.6%) | 84(76.4%) | 110 | | | Age at Marriage | | | | | | Up to 18 Years | 46(41.8%) | 64(58.2%) | 110 | 1.067 | 0.302 | Above 18 Years | 13(32.5%) | 27(67.5%) | 40 | | | Age at first pregnancy | | | | | | Up to 19 years | 52(40.9%) | 75(59.1%) | 127 | 0.901 | 0.342 | Above 19 years | 7(30.4%) | 16(69.5%) | 23 | | | Type of Family | | | | | | Nuclear | 33(29.2%) | 80(70.8%) | 113 | 19.700 | 0.001 | Joint | 26(70.3%) | 11(29.7%) | 37 | | |
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