| Variable |
Good knowledge of danger signs N(%) |
Poor knowledge N (%) |
p value on bivariate analysis |
Adjusted Odds Ratio 95% Confidence Interval on multivariate analysis |
| Location |
|
|
|
|
| Urban |
104 (38.5) |
166 (61.5) |
<0.001 |
0.5(0.3-0.7) |
| Rural |
145 (53.7) |
125 (46.3) |
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| Age groups in years |
|
|
|
|
| <30 years |
181 (52.6) |
163 (47.4) |
<0.001 |
2.5(1.7-3.6) |
| ≥ 30 years |
68 (34.7) |
128 (65.3) |
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| No of living children |
|
|
|
|
| No of living children |
|
|
|
|
| ≤ 2 children |
154 (45.2) |
187 (54.8) |
0.562 |
NA |
| >2 children |
95 (47.7) |
104 (52.3) |
|
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
| Single |
10 (20.0) |
40 (80.0) |
<0.001 |
0.2(0. 1-0.4) |
| Married |
239 (48.8) |
251 (51.2) |
|
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| Religion |
|
|
|
|
| Christianity |
232 (45.7) |
276 (54.3) |
0.412 |
NA |
| Others** |
17 (53.1) |
15 (46.9) |
|
|
| Ethnic group |
|
|
|
|
| Igbo |
232 (45.0) |
284 (55.0) |
0.013 |
0.3(0. 1-0.9) |
| Others *** |
17 (70.8) |
7 (29.2) |
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| Education (Respondents) |
|
|
|
|
| Primary education and less |
44 (64.7) |
24 35.3) |
0.001 |
2. 1(1.2-3.8) |
| Secondary education and above |
205 (43.4) |
267 (56.6) |
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| Education (Husband) |
|
|
|
|
| Education (Husband) |
|
|
|
|
| Primary education and less |
68 (78,2) |
19 (21.8) |
<0.001 |
NA |
| Secondary education and above |
171 (42.4) |
232 (57.6) |
|
|
| Occupation (Respondents) |
|
|
|
|
| Housewife/unemployed |
171 (49.4) |
175 (50.6) |
0.113 |
1.0(0.5-1.9) |
| Self employed |
54 (39.4) |
83 (60.6) |
|
0.7(0.3-1.3) |
| Salaried employment |
24 (42.1) |
33 (57.9) |
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| Occupation (Husband) |
|
|
|
|
| Self employed |
149 (52.8) |
133 (47.2) |
0.036* |
NA |
| Salaried employment |
90 (43.9) |
115 (56.1) |
|
|
| Unemployed |
0 (0.0) |
3 (100.0) |
|
|
| Socio-economic status |
|
|
|
|
| Low socio-economic status |
116 (41.9) |
161 (58.1) |
0.043 |
0.6(0.4-0.9) |
| High socio-economic status |
133 (50.6) |
130 (49.4) |
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