Table 4. Factors associated with home accidents among children under five years of age in the Al-Baha region.
Factors | Has the child been exposed to accidents at home? | p-Value | |||
Yes | No | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | ||
Family size | 0.001* | ||||
3-4 | 63 | 48.5% | 67 | 51.5% | |
5-7 | 102 | 59.0% | 71 | 41.0% | |
>7 | 40 | 81.6% | 9 | 18.4% | |
Siblings | 0.021* | ||||
1 | 13 | 39.4% | 20 | 60.6% | |
2 | 49 | 53.3% | 43 | 46.7% | |
3 | 12 | 50.0% | 12 | 50.0% | |
4+ | 131 | 64.5% | 72 | 35.5% | |
Parents are alive | 0.385 | ||||
Yes, both | 192 | 58.5% | 136 | 41.5% | |
Only mother | 9 | 47.4% | 10 | 52.6% | |
Only father | 4 | 80.0% | 1 | 20.0% | |
Parents divorced | 0.723 | ||||
Yes | 16 | 61.5% | 10 | 38.5% | |
No | 189 | 58.0% | 137 | 42.0% | |
Mother work | 0.181 | ||||
Housewife | 108 | 55.1% | 88 | 44.9% | |
Working | 97 | 62.2% | 59 | 37.8% | |
Mother education | 0.184 | ||||
Below secondary | 29 | 67.4% | 14 | 32.6% | |
Secondary | 39 | 50.6% | 38 | 49.4% | |
University/postgraduate | 137 | 59.1% | 95 | 40.9% | |
Father education | 0.021* | ||||
Below secondary | 7 | 31.8% | 15 | 68.2% | |
Secondary | 53 | 64.6% | 29 | 35.4% | |
University/postgraduate | 145 | 58.5% | 103 | 41.5% | |
Monthly income (in Saudi Riyals) | 0.858 | ||||
<5000 | 19 | 59.4% | 13 | 40.6% | |
5000-10,000 | 64 | 56.1% | 50 | 43.9% | |
>10,000 | 122 | 59.2% | 84 | 40.8% | |
There is another caregiver for a child other than the parents, a maid or servant | 0.002* | ||||
Yes | 73 | 70.9% | 30 | 29.1% | |
No | 132 | 53.0% | 117 | 47.0% |