Authors: Paul Mkandawire
Publish Date: 2015/07/08
Volume: 19, Issue: 11, Pages: 2366-2374
Abstract
The findings of this study show that less than 30 of pregnant women initiate ANC within the World Health Organization recommended gestational timeframe of 16 weeks or earlier The hazard analysis shows a gradient in the initiation of ANC by maternal education level with least educated mothers most likely to delay their first ANC visit However after adjusting for variables capturing intimate partner violence in the multivariate models the effect of maternal education attenuated and lost statistical significance Other significant predictors of gestational age at first ANC include media exposure perceived distance from health facility age and birth order
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