Table 1.
Frequency distribution of participants in urban and rural areas according to category of independent variables (n = 877)
| Urban | Rural | p-value | ||||
| % | (n = 234)* | % | (n = 633)* | |||
| Age: | ≤ 20 yr | 28.4 | (63) | 25.6 | (158) | |
| 21–30 yr | 59.0 | (131) | 51.9 | (320) | ||
| 31–45 yr | 12.6 | (28) | 22.5 | (139) | .006 | |
| Education: | Low | 14.5 | (31) | 21.6 | (122) | |
| Medium | 55.6 | (119) | 65.2 | (369) | ||
| High | 29.9 | (64) | 13.3 | (75) | .000 | |
| Household assets: | 1st quartile-most poor | 12.0 | (26) | 21.4 | (130) | |
| 2nd quartile | 22.7 | (49) | 40.7 | (247) | ||
| 3rd quartile | 18.1 | (39) | 20.4 | (124) | ||
| 4th quartile – least poor | 47.2 | (102) | 17.5 | (106) | .000 | |
| Number in household: | 1–4 | 64.7 | (145) | 52.2 | (325) | |
| 5–20 | 35.3 | (79) | 47.8 | (298) | .001 | |
| Household owns land: | No | 77.9 | (158) | 22.7 | (141) | |
| Yes | 29.1 | (65) | 77.3 | (479) | .000 | |
| Marital status: | Not married | 48.7 | (109) | 34.7 | (217) | |
| Married | 51.3 | (115) | 65.3 | (409) | .000 | |
| Last dental visit: | less than 6 months ago | 8.3 | (17) | 4.7 | (28) | |
| more than 6 months | 28.9 | (59) | 22.5 | (134) | ||
| never | 62.7 | (128) | 72.8 | (433) | .016 | |
| Months of pregnancy: | seven or more | 87.5 | (196) | 83.4 | (497) | |
| less than seven | 12.5 | (28) | 16.6 | (99) | .160 | |
| Parity: | One child or more | 74.6 | (167) | 78.3 | (490) | |
| None | 25.4 | (57) | 21.7 | (136) | .147 | |
| Ever breast problems: | No | 81.4 | (179) | 80.9 | (501) | |
| Yes | 18.6 | (41) | 19.1 | (118) | .921 | |
| Use of bed nets: | No | 30.0 | (67) | 57.4 | (353) | |
| Yes | 70.0 | (156) | 42.6 | (262) | .000 | |
| Debris: | low | 85.6 | (155) | 78.9 | (416) | |
| fair | 14.4 | (26) | 21.1 | (111) | .050 | |
*The number of participants in different categories do not add up to 234 in urban and 633 in rural due to missing responses