Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in the Buea Health District
Characteristics | Total enrolled | IPT users (%) | IPT Non users (%) | ITN users (%) | ITN Non users (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 292 | 259(88.7) | 33(11.3) | 128(43.8) | 51(17.5) | |
Gravidity | Primigravid | 97 | 94(36.3) | 3(9.1) | 27(21.1) | 18(35.3) |
Secondigravid | 92 | 76(29.3) | 16(48.5) | 44(34.4) | 14(27.5) | |
Multigravid | 103 | 89(34.4) | 14(42.4) | 57(44.5) | 19(37.3) | |
Age | <20 | 22 | 19(7.3) | 3(9.1) | 6(4.7) | 3(5.9) |
21–25 | 98 | 92(35.5) | 6(18.2) | 29(22.7) | 19(37.3) | |
>25 | 172 | 148(57.1) | 24(72.4) | 93(72.6) | 29(56.9) | |
Occupation | Students/unemployed | 92 | 88(34) | 4(12.1) | 19(14.8) | 26(51.0) |
Business | 90 | 79(30.5) | 11(33.3) | 43(33.6) | 12(23.5) | |
Civil servants | 58 | 50(19.3) | 8(24.2) | 34(26.6) | 7(13.7) | |
House wife/ farmers | 52 | 42(16.2) | 10(30.3) | 32(25) | 6(11.8) | |
Number of ANC Attendance | First | 27 | 5(1.9) | 22(66.7) | 24(18.8) | 1(2.0) |
Second | 88 | 81(31.3) | 7(21.2) | 36(28.1) | 12(23.5) | |
Third or more | 177 | 173(66.8) | 4(12.1) | 68(53.1) | 38(74.5) | |
Education | Primary | 68 | 56(21.6) | 12(36.4) | 36(28.1) | 10(19.6) |
Secondary/high | 126 | 108(41.7) | 18(54.5) | 62(48.4) | 19(37.3) | |
Tertiary | 98 | 95(36.7) | 3(9.1) | 30(23.4) | 22(43.1) | |
Trimester | Second | 150 | 120(46.3) | 30(90.9) | 73(57) | 19(37.3) |
Third | 142 | 139(53.7) | 3(9.1) | 55(43) | 32(62.7) | |