Research Article

Disparities in Antenatal Care Visits between Urban and Rural Ethiopian Women

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics and the number of pregnant women who visit ANC services.

VariableCategory%Mean (95% CI)

Place of residenceUrban100425.25.32 (4.67,5.97)
Rural297574.82.62 (2.46,2.78)

Age15-192466.22.79 (1.99,3.6)
20-2480820.33.31 (2.89,3.74)
25-29122530.83.46 (3.1,3.82)
30-3480920.33.38 (2.95,3.81)
35-39558143.47 (2.77,4.17)
40-442476.22.85 (2.03,3.66)
45-49862.21.94 (1.5,2.39)

Educational attainmentNo education206551.92.41 (2.18,2.63)
Incomplete primary111928.13.67 (3.24,4.09)
Complete primary1874.74.77 (3.32,6.22)
Incomplete secondary3368.44.78 (3.97,5.5)
Complete secondary4017.73 (3,12.45)
Higher2325.85.42(4.58,6.26)

Wealth indexPoorest111928.11.96 (1.6,2.31)
Poorer60615.22.66 (2.31,3.01)
Middle64216.13.42 (2.89,3.94)
Richer67316.93.97 (3.4,4.54)
Richest93923.64.76 (4.3,5.23)

ReligionOrthodox126431.74.14 (3.76, 4.52)
Catholic250.62.08 (1.47, 2.69)
Protestant78019.62.84 (2.56, 3.12)
Muslim186246.82.99 (2.66, 3.33)
Traditional358.81.26 (0.59, 1.92)
Other130.31.77 (0.78,2.76)