Research Article
Determinants of Antenatal Care Attendance among Pregnant Women Living in Endemic Malaria Settings: Experience from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants (
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| | Factor | Residence | Total (%) | | Rural | Urban | Urban-rural |
| | Age (years) | | | | | | <18 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 25 (5.0) | | 18–34 | 151 | 102 | 126 | 379 (76.0) | | >34 | 20 | 17 | 31 | 68 (13.6) | | Unknown | 28 | — | — | 68 (13.6) | | Parity | | | | | | Primiparous | 6 | 30 | 8 | 44 (8.8) | | Multiparous | 201 | 95 | 160 | 456 (91.2) | | Educational level | | | | | | Primary | 108 | 9 | 41 | 158 (31.6) | | Secondary | 42 | 94 | 116 | 252 (50.4) | | Tertiary | 1 | 22 | 10 | 33 (6.6) | | None | 56 | 0 | 1 | 57 (11.4) | | Marital status | | | | | | Married | 94 | 82 | 146 | 322 (64.4) | | Consensual union | 70 | 9 | 9 | 88 (17.6) | | Unmarried | 37 | 25 | 7 | 69 (13.8) | | Divorced | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 (2.0) | | Widowed | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 (2.2) |
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