Research Article
Magnitude and Determinants of Antenatal Care Utilization in Kandahar City, Afghanistan
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants (n = 850).
| Variable | Frequency (%) |
| Age groups | <20 | 13 (1.5) | 20–35 | 694 (81.6) | >35 | 143 (16.8) |
| Districts | Fourth | 240 (28.2) | Seventh | 180 (21.2) | Twelfth | 260 (30.6) | Fourteenth | 170 (20.0) |
| Language spoken | Pashto | 801 (94.2) | Dari | 49 (5.8) |
| Women educational status | No formal education | 800 (94.1) | Primary | 24 (2.8) | Secondary | 6 (0.7) | High school graduate | 2 (0.2) | Religious (Madrasa) | 18 (2.1) |
| Husband education | No formal education | 732 (86.1) | Primary | 30 (3.5) | Secondary | 24 (2.8) | High school graduate | 23 (2.7) | Higher education | 13 (1.5) | Religious (Madrasa) | 28 (3.3) |
| Women occupation | Unemployed/housewife | 846 (99.5) | Government employed | 2 (0.2) | Self-employed | 2 (0.2) |
| Husband occupation | Government employed | 17 (2) | Self-employed | 793 (93.3) | Unemployed | 40 (4.7) |
| House distance from the health facility | ≤5 km | 693 (81.5) | >5 km | 157 (18.5) |
| Family size | 1 to 7 people | 31 (3.6) | 8 to 12 people | 275 (32.4) | >12 people | 544 (64) |
| Household income (Afghanis) | 5000–10000 | 516 (60.7) | >10000 | 334 (39.3) |
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