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Table 2 Trends of an acceptable antenatal care visit (ANC4+) in Ethiopia by selected characteristics of respondents from 2005 to 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey

From: Trends and determinants of an acceptable antenatal care coverage in Ethiopia, evidence from 2005-2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey; Multivariate decomposition analysis

Characteristics

2005 N = 39,246

2011 N = 44, 691

2016 N = 42,164

The percentage point difference for ANC4+

Phase I 2005–2011(%)

Phase II 2011–2016(%)

Phase III 2005–2016(%)

Religion

 Orthodox

21.1

30.4

48.3

44.1

58.9

128.9

 Protestant

16.4

17.2

33.5

4.9

94.7

104.3

 Muslim

12.6

16.8

27.5

33.3

63.7

118.3

 Catholic

11.5

20.8

31.8

80.9

52.9

176.5

 Traditional

5.3

5.5

7.0

3.8

29.1

132.1

Husband/partner educational status

 None

7.4

11.1

22.5

51.4

102.7

212.7

 Primary

16.9

25.7

38.5

52.1

49.8

127.8

 Secondary+

52.2

51.2

59.3

−1.9

15.8

13.6

Women educational status

 None

9.3

21.5

35.1

13.1

63.3

277

 Primary

23.6

21.5

35.7

−9.3

66.1

51.3

 Secondary+

72.4

20.8

36.4

−71.3

75.5

−49.6

Household Wealth quantile

 Poor

5.2

9.6

21.7

86.5

126.0

317.3

 Middle

9.3

15.5

33.1

66.7

112.9

254.8

 Rich

33.4

40.4

56.2

21.3

39.1

68.6

Residence

 Rural

8.94

13.88

27.80

55.3

100.1

211.0

 Urban

61.74

55.56

66.13

−10.0

19.0

7.1

Place of Delivery

 Home

9.9

13.9

19.7

39.4

41.7

98.0

 H institution

68.6

62.8

61.7

−8.5

−1.8

−10.1

Birth order

1

26.7

33.7

46.8

26.2

38.9

75.7

 2–3

21.7

24.4

40.3

12.4

65.2

85.7

 4–5

11.6

17.1

31.2

47.4

82.5

167.0

 6+

9.4

13.3

23.8

41.5

79.7

154.3

Trimester of ANC visit

 1st trimester

78.0

68.8

73.3

−13.9

6.5

−6.0

 2nd trimester

54.2

45.9

49.0

−15.3

6.7

−9.6

 3rd trimester

9.8

8.3

5.7

−15.3

−31.3

−41.8

Media exposure

 Exposed

30.5

31.3

53.7

2.6

71.6

76.1

 Non-exposed

8.0

9.7

25.5

8.8

161.9

218.8

Fertility preference

 Wants soon

17.0

21.2

35.3

24.7

66.5

107.6

 Wants later

12.9

22.6

20.6

75.2

−8.8

59.7

 Undecided

15.1

17.9

28.9

18.5

62.0

91.4

 Wants no more

16.6

22.4

36.4

35.0

62.5

119.3

Parity

 1

26.6

33.7

46.8

26.3

38.9

75.1

 2–3

21.7

24.4

40.3

12.4

65.2

85.7

 4–5

11.6

17.1

31.2

47.4

82.5

167.0

 6+

9.7

13.3

23.8

36.1

79.7

145.4

History of abortion

 Yes

25.1

22.6

40.0

−10.0

77.0

59.4

 No

16.4

21.4

35.0

29.9

63.6

113.4

History of stillbirth

 Yes

16.4

21.4

35.0

30.0

63.6

113.4

 No

25.1

22.6

40.0

−10.0

77.0

59.4

Pregnancy Complication

 Yes

44.7

65.1

65.1

46.0

−0.2

45.6

 No

66.0

43.0

44.4

−34.8

3.3

−32.7

  1. Acceptable ANC: attending at least four ANC visits, received at least one dose of tetanus toxoid (TT) injections and consumed 100 iron-folic acids (IFA) tablets/syrup during the last pregnancy