?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Socio+Demographic+Factors+Determining+the+Adequacy+of+Antenatal+Care+among+Pregnant+Women+Visiting+Ekiti+State+Primary+Health+Centers.&rft.creator=Ajayi%2C+IO++&rft.creator=Osakinle%2C+DC&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=A+cross+sectional+study+was+conducted+in+Primary+Health+Centers+among+pregnant+women+to+elucidate+adequacy+of+antenatal+care+across+different+socio+demographic+variables.+Four+hundred+respondents+were+proportionately+selected+from+18+primary+health+centers+using+simple+random+sampling.+Exit+interviews+were+conducted+using+the+adapted+antenatal+care+exit+interview+form+of+the+Safe+Motherhood+Needs+Assessment+package.+Data+was+analyzed+using+descriptive+statistics+and+Chi+square+test.+Adequacy+of+antenatal+care+in+this+study+was+measured+by+the+single+adequacy+indicators+which+are+duration+of+pregnancy+at+entry+into+antenatal+care+and+number+of+antenatal+visits%3B+which+are+particularly+suitable+for+developing+countries.+Age+of+respondents%2C+means+of+transportation+to+the+PHCs%2C+occupation%2C+location+and+level+of+education+of+the+respondents+were+found+to+be+determinants+of+whether+the+pregnant+women+attended+their+first+antenatal+visit+in+the+first+trimester%2C+similarly%2C+age+of+the+respondents+was+a+predictor+of+whether+the+women+made+up+to+four+antenatal+visits+by+their+third+trimester.+Occupation+and+level+of+education+were+determinants+of+whether+or+not+the+pregnant+women+made+their+first+antenatal+visits+at+the+first+trimester.+More+respondents+who+were+not+working+and+those+who+were+unskilled+workers+made+their+first+antenatal+visit+at+the+first+trimester+compared+to+those+who+were+skilled+workers%3B+work+place+policies+and+the+fact+that+antenatal+booking+are+made+on+weekdays+and+at+work+hours+may+hinder+or+be+discouraging+to+the+working+class+mothers.&rft.publisher=Kakkilaya+BS&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2013-08-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9152%2F1%2F2013-2-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ajayi%2C+IO++and+Osakinle%2C+DC++(2013)+Socio+Demographic+Factors+Determining+the+Adequacy+of+Antenatal+Care+among+Pregnant+Women+Visiting+Ekiti+State+Primary+Health+Centers.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9152%2F