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Table 3 Distribution and Prevalence of at least 8 ANC visits and early timing of first ANC visit by women’s empowerment components in Nigeria, Mali, Guinea and Zambia DHS 2018

From: Temporal relationship between Women’s empowerment and utilization of antenatal care services: lessons from four National Surveys in sub-Saharan Africa

Variable Nigeria (N = 6709) Mali (N = 1937) Guinea (N = 1643) Zambia (N = 1526)
n(%) visit ≥ 8 ≤ 3 months n(%) visit ≥ 8 ≤ 3 months n(%) visit ≥ 8 ≤ 3 months n(%) visit ≥ 8 ≤ 3 months
Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI) Prevalence, % (95% CI)
Total (Prevalence, %) 17.7 (16.4–19.2) 17.6 (16.4–19.0) 3.5 (2.6–4.6) 35.5 (32.8–38.3) 2.7 (1.9–3.6) 26.2 (23.3–29.4) 1.4 (0.9–2.3) 38.2 (34.6–41.9)
Labour force participation p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.014 p < 0.001   p = 0.095 p = 0.015   p = 0.163 p = 0.033
 Low 2250 (33.5) 10.4 (8.8–12.3) 12.5 (10.9–14.4) 817 (42.2) 3.6 (2.3–5.6) 36.3 (32.3–40.5) 596 (36.3) 3.1 (2.0–4.9) 25.4 (21.7–29.7) 715 (46.8) 1.0 (0.5–2.1) 38.5 (34.1–43.2)
 Middle 2132 (31.8) 14.3 (12.5–16.2) 17.4 (15.5–19.4) 455 (23.5) 1.1 (0.4–3.0) 25.2 (21.2–29.6) 478 (29.1) 1.3 (0.6–2.9) 21.7 (17.4–26.8) 352 (23.1) 2.7 (1.3–5.5) 44.5 (37.3–51.9)
 High 2326 (34.7) 28.0 (25.3–30.8) 22.9 (20.5–25.4) 665 (34.3) 4.9 (3.4–7.0) 41.6 (37.4–45.8) 569 (34.6) 3.3 (2.1–5.3) 30.9 (26.2–36.1) 459 (30.1) 1.0 (0.3–3.7) 32.9 (27.2–39.1)
Disagreement to justification toward wife beating p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.008 p = 0.069   p = 0.962 p = 0.079   p = 0.435 p = 0.781
 Low 1369 (20.4) 6.3 (4.9–8.2) 10.4 (8.6–12.6) 758 (39.1) 1.8 (1.0–3.2) 31.9 (27.9–36.1) 1608 (37.4) 2.7 (1.5–4.7) 28.2 (23.9–33.0) 381 (24.9) 0.7 (0.2–2.1) 39.8 (33.2–46.6)
 Middle 872 (13.0) 10.2 (8.1–12.7) 14.0 (11.5–17.0) 604 (31.2) 5.1 (3.4–7.6) 37.2 (32.7–42.0) 1415 (32.9) 2.8 (1.6–5.1) 21.4 (17.1–26.4) 374 (24.5) 1.9 (0.7–5.0) 38.7 (32.4–45.4)
 High 4468 (66.6) 22.7 (20.8–24.7) 20.6 (19.0–22.3) 575 (29.7) 4.0 (2.6–6.1) 38.5 (33.9–41.1) 1281 (29.7) 2.5 (1.5–4.2) 27.8 (23.2–32.9) 772 (50.6) 1.5 (0.7–2.9) 37.2 (33.0–41.7)
Health decision making power p < 0.001 p = 0.001   P < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.045 p = 0.013   p = 0.809 p = 0.355
 Low 1375 (20.5) 14.6 (12.2–17.5) 14.8 (12.5–17.5) 527 (27.2) 0.8 (0.3–2.0) 26.7 (22.3–31.7) 1024 (23.8) 1.7 (0.1–3.2) 21.8 (17.9–26.3) 279 (18.3) 1.4 (0.5–3.9) 42.9 (35.6–50.6)
 Middle 1981 (29.5) 13.3 (11.5–15.4) 16.0 (14.1–18.1) 398 (20.6) 2.7 (1.3–5.4) 29.9 (24.9–35.5) 870 (20.2) 2.0 (0.8–4.6) 28.1 (23.8–32.9) 184 (12.0) 2.0 (0.4–9.0) 37.6 (28.3–47.9)
 High 3353 (50.0) 21.6 (19.6–23.8) 19.8 (18.0–21.6) 1012 (52.2) 5.1 (3.8–7.0) 42.3 (38.6–46.0) 2409 (56.0) 4.4 (2.9–6.6) 29.9 (25.4–34.9) 1063 (69.7) 1.3 (0.7–2.4) 37.1 (33.4–40.9)
Household decision making power p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.632 p < 0.001   p = 0.458 p = 0.745   p = 0.748 p = 0.001
 Low 2672 (39.8) 7.9 (6.7–9.2) 12.0 (10.6–13.6) 1221 (63.0) 3.2 (2.3–4.5) 45.3 (42.0–48.6) 2567 (59.6) 3.3 (2.0–5.4) 26.2 (22.2–30.6) 490 (32.1) 1.8 (0.8–3.9) 46.5 (40.1–53.1)
 Middle 1797 (26.8) 15.4 (13.4–17.6) 16.2 (14.2–18.3) 81 (34.2) 2.7 (0.7–10.5) 36.1 (33.2–39.2) 275 (6.4) 2.0 (1.1–3.8) 25.1 (20.7–30.0) 608 (39.9) 1.3 (0.6–3.2) 36.1 (31.4–41.0)
 High 2240 (33.4) 31.4 (28.7–34.2) 25.6 (23.2–28.1) 635 (32.8) 4.1 (2.6–6.2) 34.3 (31.1–37.6) 1462 (34.0) 2.5 (1.5–4.3) 27.3 (23.1–32.0) 428 (28.0) 1.1 (0.4–2.7) 31.7 (26.3–37.8)
Gender norm for sex negotiation p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.121 p = 0.020   p = 0.233 p = 0.011   p = 0.411 p = 0.500
 Low 2789 (41.6) 8.0 (6.7–9.4) 10.6 (9.3–12.2) 1180 (60.9) 5.3 (2.8–9.9) 32.7 (29.5–36.2) 2507 (58.2) 2.0 (1.2–3.3) 24.2 (21.0–27.8) 356 (23.3) 0.6 (0.1–2.5) 35.6 (28.8–43.0)
 Middle 1183 (17.6) 17.0 (14.5–19.9) 20.6 (17.8–23.7) 219 (11.3) 4.4 (2.8–6.9) 41.4 (34.0–49.1) 615 (14.3) 3.1 (1.7–5.5) 23.8 (18.6–30.0) 310 (20.3) 1.8 (0.6–5.5) 36.8 (30.1–44.0)
 High 2737 (40.8) 28.0 (25.6–30.6) 23.5 (21.6–25.6) 538 (27.8) 3.5 (2.6–4.6) 39.2 (34.5–44.0) 1183 (27.5) 3.7 (2.1–6.3) 32.9 (27.6–38.6) 860 (56.4) 1.6 (0.9–2.7) 39.8 (35.6–44.1)
Knowledge level of survival p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.554 p = 0.344
 Low 2595 (38.7) 3.4 (2.6–4.4) 8.6 (7.3–10.1) 823 (42.5) 0.6 (0.3–1.6) 24.5 (21.2–28.1) 1836 (42.7) 1.1 (0.6–2.1) 20.9 (17.4–25.0) 601 (39.4) 1.3 (0.5–3.1) 40.5 (34.5–46.7)
 Middle 1946 (29.0) 14.9 (12.9–17.2) 16.8 (14.7–19.1) 557 (28.8) 3.0 (1.7–5.0) 31.7 (27.7–36.0) 1083 (25.2) 2.0 (1.0–4.3) 28.6 (23.7–34.0) 416 (27.3) 0.9 (0.3–2.6) 38.5 (33.0–44.3)
 High 2168 (32.3) 37.4 (34.9–40.1) 29.2 (26.9–31.7) 557 (28.7) 8.1 (5.9–11.2) 55.6 (51.3–59.9) 1385 (32.2) 6.1 (4.1–8.9) 33.0 (27.9–38.6) 508 (33.3) 1.9 (0.9–4.1) 35.3 (30.7–40.2)
Ownership of assets p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.508 p = 0.143   p = 0.042 p = 0.001   p = 0.700 p = 0.001
 Low 5819 (86.7) 16.9 (15.5–18.5) 16.8 (15.5–18.2) 1039 (53.6) 3.9 (2.7–5.6) 30.9 (24.8–37.8) 2360 (54.8) 3.4 (2.3–5.0) 29.3 (25.5–33.5) 670 (43.9) 1.4 (0.8–2.6) 32.1 (27.9–36.5)
 Middle 132 (2.0) 30.3 (22.5–39.3) 33.8 (25.6–43.2) 290 (15.0) 2.4 (1.2–5.1) 34.0 (29.4–38.8) 684 (15.9) 2.6 (1.5–4.6) 25.6 (21.3–30.4) 673 (44.1) 1.2 (0.5–2.8) 42.9 (37.3–48.6)
 High 758 (11.3) 21.9 (18.5–25.6) 21.5 (18.4–24.9) 607 (31.4) 3.2 (2.0–5.2) 35.5 (32.8–38.3) 1260 (29.3) 0.6 (0.2–2.6) 18.1 (13.9–23.1) 183 (12.0) 2.2 (0.5–8.8) 43.5 (35.4–52.0)
Family planning knowledge p < 0.001 p < 0.001   p = 0.190 p = 0.565   p = 0.012 p < 0.001   p = 0.913 p = 0.164
 Low 3640 (54.3) 11.7 (10.4–13.2) 13.9 (12.5–15.4) 834 (43.0) 2.6 (1.6–4.1) 37.6 (33.8–41.6) 531 (31.3) 1.8 (0.9–3.7) 19.6 (16.1–23.5) 400 (26.2) 1.2 (0.5–3.1) 39.7 (33.5–46.3)
 Middle 836 (12.5) 15.1 (12.3–18.4) 17.1 (14.4–20.2) 821 (42.4) 4.5 (3.0–6.6) 38.9 (36.5–41.4) 740 (45.0) 2.1 (1.3–3.4) 27.8 (23.6–32.5) 883 (57.9) 1.4 (0.7–2.7) 36.1 (31.7–40.7)
 High 2233 (33.3) 28.6 (25.8–31.6) 24.0 (21.8–26.4) 282 (14.6) 3.2 (1.6–6.6) 38.6 (36.5–40.7) 372 (22.7) 4.9 (3.1–7.8) 32.6 (27.1–38.6) 243 (15.9) 1.7 (0.7–4.1) 43.6 (36.9–50.6)