Table 2 |
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Adolescent and adult mothers pregnancy related practices |
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| Adolescent mothers |
Adult mothers¥ |
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| Health seeking practices |
n = 442 |
(%) |
n = 320 |
(%) |
OR |
95% CI |
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| ANC during pregnancy (n = 761) |
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| No (base outcome) |
12 |
(2.7) |
5 |
(1.6) |
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| Yes |
429 |
(97.3) |
315 |
(98.4) |
0.57 |
0.20–1.63 |
| Months of pregnancy at first ANC visit? (n = 744) |
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| One to three months |
54 |
(12.6) |
47 |
(14.9) |
0.82 |
0.54–1.25 |
| Four and above months (Base outcome) |
375 |
(87.4) |
268 |
(85.1) |
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| Number of ANC visits? (n = 742) |
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| Less than four times |
171 |
(40.0) |
96 |
(30.5) |
1.52 |
1.12–2.07* |
| Four and above (base outcome) |
256 |
(60.0) |
219 |
(69.5) |
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| Mean Number of ANC visits |
4.1 |
4.3 |
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| Place for ANC (n = 729) |
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| Public hospital |
141 |
(33.8) |
107 |
(34.3) |
0.87 |
0.62–1.21 |
| Private hospital/clinic |
77 |
(18.5) |
74 |
(23.7) |
0.68 |
0.46–1.01 |
| Public health centre [base outcome] |
199 |
(47.7) |
131 |
(42.0) |
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¥reference group; *statistically significant; N.B. Odds among adolescent mothers are divided by odds among adult mothers |
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Atuyambe et al. Reproductive Health 2008 5:13 doi:10.1186/1742-4755-5-13 |
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