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Antenatal Care in Roma SettlementsThe type of personnel providing antenatal care to Romawomen aged 15–49 years who gave birth in the previoustwo years is presented in Table RH.6R. Coverage ofantenatal care (by a doctor, nurse, or midwife) is high inRoma settlements in Serbia with 94 percent of womenreceiving antenatal care from skilled personnel at leastonce during the pregnancy. The lowest, but still high,level of antenatal care (86 percent) is found among womenwithout education and is 89 percent among women fromthe poorest quintile.Table RH.6R: Antenatal care coverage, Roma Settlements, 2010Percent distribution of women age 15–49 who gave birth in the two years precedingthe survey by type of personnel providing antenatal carePerson providing antenatal careMedical doctorNurse/MidwifeNo antenatal carereceivedTotalAny skilledpersonnel 1Number of womenwho gave birth in thepreceding two yearsAreaUrban 94.0 .4 5.5 100.0 94.5 294Rural 93.9 .9 5.3 100.0 94.7 146Mother’s age at birthLess than 20 94.3 1.0 4.7 100.0 95.3 15420–34 93.7 .4 5.9 100.0 94.1 26235–49 (*) (*) (*) 100.0 (*) 21EducationNone 85.8 .4 13.8 100.0 86.2 89Primary 95.5 .7 3.7 100.0 96.3 291Secondary 98.5 .0 1.5 100.0 98.5 59Wealth index quintilesPoorest 88.4 .8 10.8 100.0 89.2 106Second 95.5 1.2 3.3 100.0 96.7 99Middle 89.0 .0 11.0 100.0 89.0 80Fourth 99.0 .5 .6 100.0 99.4 81Richest 99.7 .3 .0 100.0 100.0 75Total 94.0 .6 5.5 100.0 94.5 4401MICS indicator 5.5a; MDG indicator 5.5(*) Figures that are based on less than 25 unweighted casesUNICEF and WHO recommend a minimum of at least fourantenatal care visits during pregnancy. Table RH.7R showsthe number of antenatal care visits during the last pregnancyduring the two years preceding the survey (regardless ofprovider) by selected characteristics. Some 85 percent ofmothers from Roma settlements received antenatal care morethan once and 72 percent received antenatal care at least fourtimes. Mothers from households with low living standard andthose with no education are less likely than more advantagedmothers to receive ANC four or more times. For example,45 percent of women living in the poorest quintile reportedfour or more antenatal care visits compared with 82percent among those living in households in the richestquintile. Almost 14 percent of mothers who did not finishprimary education and 12 percent of mothers from thepoorest quintile had no ANC visits during their pregnancy.MONITORING THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN AND WOMEN 129