an examination of the role of antenatal care attendance in ...

CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHOD AND DESIGN 28
3. Introduction 28
3.1 Research design 28
3.1.1 Geographical location of the study 28
3.1.2 Methodology 28
3.2 Statistical Techniques 31
3.3 Limitations of the study 32
3.4 Summary 33
CHAPTER FOUR
RESULTS 34
4. Introduction 34
4.1 Characteristics of respondents 36
4.2 Frequency of antenatal care visits 37
4.3 Number of antenatal care visits, timing of antenatal care and delivery site 37
4.4 Adverse birth outcomes in South Africa 38
4.5 Timing of first antenatal care visits 41
4.6 Adverse birth outcomes by timing and frequency of antenatal, delivery site and background
characteristics 43
4.7 Summary 47
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 48
5. Introduction 48
5.1 Discussion
5.2 Recommendations 53
5.3 Conclusion 54
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