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Table 2 Obstetric history of pregnant women who were attending ANCat Addis Zemen primary hospital, February –June 2018 (n = 364)

From: Late initiation of antenatal care and associated factors among pregnant women in Addis Zemen primary hospital, South Gondar, Ethiopia

Variable

Time of ANC initiation

Total n (%)

Early n (%)

Late n (%)

Gravidity (n = 364)

 Primigravida

55 (31.8)

73 (38.2)

128 (35.2)

 Multigravida

118 (68.2)

118 (61.8)

236 (64.8)

Parity (n = 236)

 Primiparous

37 (31.4)

32 (27.1)

69 (29.2)

 Multiparus

81 (68.6)

86 (72.9)

167 (70.8)

Abortion history (n = 236)

 

 Yes

17 (14.4)

14 (11.9)

31 (13.1)

 No

101 (85.6)

104 (88.1)

205 (86.9)

Planned pregnancy (n = 364)

 Yes

143 (82.7)

127 (66.5)

270 (74.2)

 No

30 (17.3)

64 (33.5)

94 (25.8)

Alive child (n = 234)

 0

1 (0.9)

2 (1.7)

3 (1.3)

 1

37 (31.6)

32 (27.4)

69 (29.5)

 2–4

69 (59)

78 (66.7)

147 (62.8)

  > 4

10 (8.5)

5 (4.3)

15 (6.4)

Child death (n = 222)

 Yes

2 (1.8)

4 (3.7)

6 (2.8)

 No

112 (98.2)

104 (96.3)

216 (97.3)

Still birth(n = 160)

 Yes

2 (2.9)

6 (6.7)

8 (5)

 No

68 (97.1)

84 (93.3)

152 (95)

Problem in the last pregnancy (n = 236)

 Yes

36 (30.5)

29 (24.6)

65 (27.5)

 No

82 (69.5)

89 (75.4)

171 (72.5)

CS history (n = 236)

 Yes

13 (11)

13 (11)

26 (11)

 No

105 (89)

105 (89)

210 (89)

History of ANC (n = 236)

 Yes

102 (86.4)

98 (83.1)

200 (84.7)

 No

16 (13.6)

20 (16.9)

36 (15.3)

ANC initiation time for the previous pregnancy (n = 200)

  ≤ 12 weeks

47 (46.1)

24 (24.5)

71 (35.5)

  > 12 weeks

55 (53.9)

74 (75.5)

129 (64.5)