Table 4.
Comparison of lifestyle-related behaviour with socio-demographic in the postpartum period
| Residence | Overall and pairwise variance** | Education | Overall and pairwise variance** | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Metropolitan* | (2) City* | (3) Town* | (4) Village* | (1) Profession or honours* | (2) Graduate* | (3) Intermediate or diploma* | (4) High school certificate* | |||
| Dietary habits | 31 (16–51) | 31 (15–47) | 30 (24–48) | 31 (26–37) | N.S# | 32 (15–51) | 31 (16–48) | 30 (16–44) | 30 (21–40) |
(P < 0.001) and 1 versus 2 (P < 0.05), 1 versus 3 (P < 0.01), 1 versus 4 (P < 0.001), 2 versus 4 (P < 0.001) |
| Physical Activity | 31 (14–53) | 31.5 (19–45) | 32 (22–44) | 34.5 (26–47) |
(P < 0.05 and 1 versus 4 (P < 0.05) 2 versus 4 (P < 0.05) 3 versus 4 (P < 0.05) |
31 (15–53) | 31 (18–45) | 31 (14–46) | N.S | |
| Sleep | 10 (4–15) | 10 (4–14) | 11 (6–16) | 9 (8–12) | N.S | 10 (6–16) | 10 (4–15) | 10 (5–14) | 10 (6–14) | (P < 0.05) and 2 versus 3 (P < 0.05) |
| Myths | 19 (7–35) | 19 (7–29) | 10 (11–28) | 22 (11–27) |
(P < 0.05) and 1 versus 4 (P < 0.01) 2 versus 4 (P < 0.05) |
19 (7–30) | 20 (7–35) | 19 (7–25) | 17.5 (7–28) | N.S |
*Median (minimum–maximum)
**Kruskal–Wallis test followed by Dunn’s pairwise comparison with Bonferroni test
#N.S Not significant