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The Impact of the Interventions for 4+ Antenatal Care Service Utilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Decision Tree Analysis Cover

The Impact of the Interventions for 4+ Antenatal Care Service Utilization in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Decision Tree Analysis

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|Dec 2019

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Characteristics of respondents for 4 years from baseline (2014) to endline (2017).

Baseline N = 461 (%)Midline I N = 592 (%)Midline II N = 685 (%)Endline N = 693 (%)
ANC Services
More than 4 times191 (41.4)348 (58.8)285 (41.6)370 (53.4)
Less than 4 times270 (58.6)244 (41.2)400 (58.4)323 (46.6)
Respondent Age (Mean ± SD)29.7 ± 7.229.4 ± 6.929.2 ± 7.229.5 ± 7.0
Monthly Income USD (Mean ± SD)49.4 ± 83.857.2 ± 55.245.4 ± 78.158.0 ± 75.6
Number of Household
      ≤6424 (70.4)380 (61.1)481 (67.8)442 (61.5)
      7–10161 (26.7)224 (36.0)211 (29.8)257 (35.7)
      ≥1117 (29)18 (2.9)17 (2.4)20 (2.8)
Writing Skills
      Yes376 (62.5)412 (66.2)448 (62.7)442 (61.5)
      No226 (37.5)210 (33.8)267 (37.3)227 (38.5)
Education
      PreschoolN/A29 (4.8)44 (6.3)44 (6.3)
      Primary SchoolN/A60 (9.9)50 (7.2)60 (8.6)
      Secondary SchoolN/A435 (71.8)504 (72.5)498 (71.3)
      ≥Higher EducationN/A82 (13.2.5)97 (14.0)96 (13.8)
Number of Pregnancies (Mean ± SD)3.7 ± 2.14.4 ± 2.43.9 ± 2.24.2 ± 2.4
Number of Births (Mean ± SD)3.5 ± 2.14.1 ± 2.32.6 ± 2.13.9 ± 2.3
Table 2

Decision tree model’s goodness of fit.

Midline I (2015)Midline II (2016)Endline (2017)
TrainValidationTrainValidationTrainValidation
Misclassification0.3480.3800.3880.3880.3850.395
Average Squared Error0.2240.2390.2310.2340.2340.242
Table 3

Variable importance rank of decision tree model.

RankMidline I (2015)Midline II (2016)Endline (2017)
VariableImportanceVariableImportanceVariableImportance
1Hand-washing1.000MCH Promotion by Signboard1.000Distance1.000
2Writing Skills0.891Income0.970Abortion0.940
3Satisfaction with Health Facility0.869Abortion0.894Knowledge of Exclusive Breastfeeding0.806
4Age0.782
5Awareness of Intervention0.621
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Figure 1

The result of decision tree nodes from midline I (2015) to endline (2017).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.2537 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Dec 27, 2019
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2019 Hocheol Lee, Sung Jong Park, Grace O. Ndombi, Eun Woo Nam, published by Ubiquity Press
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