Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of pregnant women attending ANC in public hospitals of Eastern Ethiopia, 2019(n = 510)

 Dire Dawa

166

32.6

 Harar

175

34.3

 Jig Jiga

169

33.1

 16–24

181

35.5

 25–29

167

32.7

 > 29

162

31.8

 Muslim

340

66.7

 Orthodox

142

27.8

 Others^a

28

5.5

 Urban

430

84.3

 Rural

80

15.7

 Oromo

185

36.3

 Somali

173

33.9

 Amhara

91

17.8

 Others^b

61

11.9

 Married

464

91

 Other^c

46

9

 No formal education

161

31.6

 Elementary

60

11.8

 Secondary school

160

31.4

 10+

129

25.3

 Unemployed

378

74.1

 Student

47

9.2

 Employee

85

16.7

 < 1500

84

16.5

 1500–3499

209

41

 3500–4999

90

17.6

 ≥5000

127

24.9