Table 5.
Knowledge, attitude and practice of the women with respect to physical exercise in pregnancy, according to selected characteristics.
| Knowledge | Attitude | Practice | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | p | n | % | p | n | % | p | |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| < 25 | 62 | 66.0 | 88 | 92.6 | 25 | 26.3 | |||
| > 25 | 41 | 65.1 | 0.91 | 63 | 95.5 | 0.53 | 12 | 18.2 | 0.23 |
| Schooling | |||||||||
| Primary | 37 | 52.9 | 65 | 90.3 | 11 | 15.3 | |||
| High school | 65 | 77.4 | 83 | 96.5 | 26 | 30.2 | |||
| University | 1 | 33.3 | 0.001 | 3 | 100.0 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Number of Pregnancies | |||||||||
| 1st pregnancy | 38 | 67.9 | 55 | 96.5 | 23 | 40.4 | 0.0001 | ||
| 2nd pregnancy | 37 | 72.6 | 48 | 92.8 | 8 | 15.4 | |||
| ≥ 3 pregnancies | 13 | 48.2 | 0.09 | 26 | 92.9 | 0.64 | 2 | 7.1 | |
| Paid employment | |||||||||
| No | 67 | 64.4 | 100 | 93.5 | 24 | 22.4 | |||
| Yes | 36 | 72.0 | 0.35 | 48 | 94.1 | 1 | 13 | 25.5 | 0.07 |
| Income | |||||||||
| ≤ 1 MS | 4 | 57.1 | 8 | 65.7 | 1 | 14.3 | |||
| > 1-3 MS | 30 | 79.6 | 40 | 95.2 | 11 | 26.2 | |||
| > 3 MS | 2 | 100.0 | 0.54 | 2 | 100.0 | 0.44 | 1 | 50.0 | 0.51 |
MS: Minimum salary.