Table 2 Associations between various independent variables and a woman having sufficient TTCV in her most recent pregnancy resulting in a live birth within the past 5 yearsa
Variable | Category | N with sufficient antenatal TTCV | Wt% (95% CI)b with sufficient antenatal TTCV | P-valuec |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | ||||
Area of residence | Urban | 2489 | 55.1 (51.6–58.5) | 0.655 |
Rural | 7106 | 53.9 (49.7–57.9) | ||
Mother’s age group (years) | 15–19 | 402 | 52.0 (45.8–58.1) | 0.002 |
20–24 | 2438 | 56.9 (52.5–61.3) | ||
25–29 | 2820 | 54.5 (49.9–59.0) | ||
30–34 | 1735 | 52.8 (49.0–56.6) | ||
35–39 | 1395 | 55.6 (52.1–59.1) | ||
40–44 | 560 | 47.3 (43.1–51.6) | ||
45–49 | 245 | 44.7 (38.7–51.0) | ||
Marital status | Married | 9,12 | 54.1 (50.9–57.4) | 0.710 |
Widowed | 69 | 57.1 (42.8–70.2) | ||
Divorced/separated | 14 | 45.2 (25.0–67.2) | ||
Mother’s highest education level | None | 7584 | 50.1 (46.9–53.3) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 897 | 69.3 (63.8–74.3) | ||
Secondary | 883 | 77.2 (70.4–82.8) | ||
Higher | 231 | 74.5 (62.2–83.9) | ||
Husband’s highest education level (N = 19,485) | None | 4698 | 48.4 (44.3–52.5) | < 0.001 |
Primary | 1434 | 59.4 (55.0–63.7) | ||
Secondary | 2487 | 62.1 (58.3–65.7) | ||
Higher | 888 | 67.9 (62.6–72.7) | ||
Mother’s employment status (N = 19,673) | Unemployed | 8739 | 46.0 (43.2–48.9) | 0.778 |
Employed | 828 | 45.2 (37.7–52.9) | ||
Husband’s type of employment (N = 19,675) | Non-manual | 6363 | 47.4 (43.9–51.0) | 0.029 |
Skilled manual | 1514 | 40.1 (34.1–46.3) | ||
Unskilled manual | 1695 | 45.2 (41.3–49.1) | ||
Ethnicity (N = 19,702) | Pashtun | 3886 | 47.0 (41.7–52.3) | < 0.001 |
Tajik | 3454 | 60.9 (57.8–63.9) | ||
Hazara | 842 | 51.7 (46.9–56.5) | ||
Uzbek | 748 | 67.3 (56.6–76.5) | ||
Other | 650 | 45.1 (40.8–50.0) | ||
Combined wealth index | Poorest | 1794 | 53.1 (49.7–56.4) | 0.016 |
Poorer | 1930 | 51.5 (47.5–55.5) | ||
Middle | 2023 | 50.0 (43.1–56.7) | ||
Richer | 2155 | 57.3 (52.5–62.0) | ||
Richest | 1693 | 59.4 (54.3–64.2) | ||
Reproductive characteristics | ||||
Number living children | None | 43 | 53.2 (41.1–64.8) | < 0.001 |
1–2 | 3376 | 60.4 (56.9–63.8) | ||
3–4 | 2868 | 53.2 (49.6–56.7) | ||
5–6 | 1858 | 49.9 (45.5–54.4) | ||
7–8 | 1003 | 47.2 (43.2–51.3) | ||
9+ | 447 | 50.0 (42.9–57.1) | ||
Birth order | 1 | 1575 | 61.6 (58.2–64.8) | < 0.001 |
2 | 1636 | 59.5 (54.6–64.3) | ||
3 | 1444 | 53.4 (49.3–57.9) | ||
4 | 1245 | 52.3 (47.6–57.0) | ||
5+ | 3695 | 49.8 (46.2–53.5) | ||
Number ANC visits (N = 19,297) | 0 | 2465 | 34.1 (29.8–38.6) | < 0.001 |
1 | 1008 | 50.8 (46.5–55.0) | ||
2 | 1986 | 64.7 (62.1–67.2) | ||
3 | 1576 | 74.2 (68.6–79.1) | ||
4+ | 2318 | 72.4 (69.3–75.4) | ||
Wanted last child (N = 19,716) | Wanted child then | 8609 | 54.5 (51.0–57.9) | 0.541 |
Wanted child later | 581 | 51.2 (44.1–58.3) | ||
Did not want | 393 | 52.3 (45.7–58.8) | ||
Distance to health facility (N = 19,690) | Big problem | 6345 | 51.6 (47.9–55.3) | < 0.001 |
Not a big problem | 3234 | 59.5 (55.8–63.1) | ||
Getting permission to seek medical care (N = 19,688) | Big problem | 5125 | 48.9 (45.9–51.9) | < 0.001 |
Not a big problem | 4453 | 60.0 (55.2–63.8) | ||