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xixone – fifth were helped by their husband. For more details, Table 4.1A in Annexure -2 may bereferred.4.1.2 Registration of the pregnancyAll the surveyed mothers/ caregivers were asked whether the reference pregnancy wasregistered or not and if yes, information on the month of the pregnancy when it was registeredand the perceived benefits of early registration was gathered from the respondents. Table 4.2provides such data.Table 4.2: Registration of the last pregnancy(Percentage)Particulars Intervention districts Control districtInterventionAWCsIntermediateAWCsControlAWCsRegistered pregnancy (n=) 828 844 924Yes 86.5 88.5 88.9Month in which registered (n=) 716 747 821Within 3 months 60.9 65.6 70.64th month 32.3 27.7 21.25th month 4.6 4.6 5.66th month or later 1.3 1.5 1.6Perceived benefits of earlyregistration of pregnancy (n=) 716 747 821Get TT and IFA tablets 97.6 98.5 97.9Get Supplementary meals 74.6 73.2 73.9ANC checkups identify if there are anydanger signs and need referral 5 5.4 8.5• About 87 percent of the mothers in intervention districts and 89 percent in control districtgot the reference pregnancy registered. Out of them, 63 percent in intervention and 71percent in control district got it registered in the first trimester, while only about 2 percentreported registration of the reference pregnancy in 6 th month or later.• Regarding perceived benefits of early registration, they mainly reported getting of TTinjection, IFA tablets and supplementary nutrition food from AWC. But less than 10percent of them reported to have antenatal checkup for identification of any danger signsthat needed referral for immediate medical care.4.1.3 Receipt of antenatal checkupsAll the respondents were asked whether they received any antenatal checkup during thereference pregnancy & if yes, information on month of pregnancy when received antenatalcheckup, person who advised for getting antenatal checkup and type of checkups done werecollected from them. Table 4.3 provides such information.Baseline Study Of Early Childhood Care And Development Project In ChattisgarhApril,2012