Abstract:OBJECTIVE To study the current status of antenatal examination and health care consciousness of Shaanxi Province, exploring the determinants of antenatal examination to provide baseline data and basis for the development of interventions. METHODS According to the population density and fertility levels, we chose 16~50 –years-old women of childbearing age as the research subject using multistage random sampling method in Shaanxi province during 2010~2013 ,and a questionnaire investigation was carried out to collect social and demographic information, marriage and birth history, basic situation during pregnancy etc. Variance analysis and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the antenatal examination and its determinants. RESULTS The antenatal examination rate in this region was 97.5%, higher than the national average of 94.1% in 2010. 87.3% of the total people chose to do antenatal examination mainly in medical and health institutions at the county level health organization or above. More than 83.9% of pregnant women underwent their first examinations at the early stage of pregnancy. CONCLUSION Awareness of prenatal care among mothers has been formed in this region, but still further improvement is well needed for prenatal health care. The frequency of antenatal examination was influenced by social demographic characteristics, women's obstetrical history, pregnancy status and other factors. It is of great significance to screen and manage high-risk pregnant women who should be put more attention in prenatal health care and education.