Factors Affecting Nonadherence to WHO’s Recommended Antenatal Care Visits among Women in Pastoral Community, Northeastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Obstetric characteristics of women who gave birth in the past two years in the pastoral community, Northeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 703).

Characteristics	Less than 4 ANC visits	At least 4 ANC visits	Total (%)
Age at first marriage
<18 year	215 (53.6)	115 (38.1)	330 (46.9)
≥18 year	186 (46.4)	187 (61.9)	373 (53.1)
Age at first pregnancy
<18 year	312 (77.8)	184 (60.9)	496 (70.6)
≥18 year	89 (22.2)	118 (39.1)	207 (29.4)
Gravidity
1	47 (11.7)	42 (13.9)	89 (12.7)
2-3	238 (59.4)	180 (59.6)	418 (59.5)
≥4	116 (28.9)	80 (26.5)	196 (22.9)
Parity
1	50 (12.5)	45 (14.9)	95 (13.5)
2-3	243 (60.6)	197 (65.2)	440 (62.6)
≥4	108 (26.9	60 (19.9)	168 (23.9)
History of abortion
No	389 (97.0)	289 (95.7)	678 (96.4)
Yes	12 (3.0)	13 (4.3)	25 (3.6)
History of stillbirth
No	378 (94.3)	280 (92.7)	658 (93.6)
Yes	23 (5.7)	22 (7.3)	45 (6.4)
Birth order
1	56 (14.0)	48 (15.9)	104 (14.8)
2	72 (17.9)	51 (16.9)	123 (17.5)
≥3	273 (68.1)	203 (67.2)	476 (67.7)
GA 1st ANC
1^st trimester	186 (46.4)	247 (81.8)	433 (61.6)
2^nd trimester	201 (50.1)	53 (17.6)	254 (36.1)
3^rd trimester	14 (3.5)	2 (0.7)	16 (2.28)
Place of ANC attendance
Health post	47 (11.7)	25 (8.3)	72 (10.2)
Health center	324 (80.8)	264 (87.4)	588 (83.6)
Hospital	30 (7.5)	13 (4.3)	43 (6.1)
Husband/family support for ANC attendance
Yes	332 (82.8)	265 (87.7)	597 (84.9)
No	69 (17.2)	37 (12.3)	106 (15.1)