Table 3.
Relationship between reasons for scan considering gender versus other reasons and some variables
| Variable |
Gender (% within the category) |
p value* |
| Age (years) | ||
| <30 | 13.6 | 0.001* |
| 30–34 | 21.6 | |
| 35+ | 45.7 | |
| Religion | ||
| Christianity | 27.1 | 0.004* |
| Islam | 6.7 | |
| Occupation | ||
| Artisans | 8.1 | 0.002* |
| Civil servants | 32.6 | |
| Professionals | 31.4 | |
| Other | 31.4 | |
| Education | ||
| Secondary or less | 15.3 | 0.072 |
| Tertiary | 26.6 | |
| Ethnic group | ||
| Yoruba | 22.9 | 0.552 |
| Others | 17.4 | |
| Gravidity | ||
| 1 | 10.8 | 0.007* |
| 2 | 14.5 | |
| 3 | 35.3 | |
| 4+ | 35.4 | |
| Sex of previous babies | ||
| All males | 26.4 | 0.191 |
| All females | 34.1 | |
| Mixed | 27.0 | |
| Nulliparous | 9.1 | |
| Gestational age (Trimesters) | ||
| First | 0.0 | 0.108 |
| Second | 15.4 | |
| Third | 21.6 |
* statistically significant at P < 0.05