Table 1.
Descriptive summary of study respondents.
| Variables |
N
n (%) |
|---|---|
| Maternal age (years) | N = 444 |
| 20–30 | 158 (35.6) |
| 31–40 | 120 (27.0) |
| >40 | 166 (37.4) |
| Maternal educational attainment | N = 461 |
| Tertiary | 76 (16.5) |
| Secondary | 107 (23.2) |
| Primary | 142 (20.5) |
| None | 136 (29.2) |
| Ever heard of pneumonia | N = 464 |
| Yes | 440 (94.8) |
| No | 24 (5.2) |
| Socioeconomic class | N = 466 |
| Upper | 103 (22.1) |
| Middle | 83 (17.8) |
| Lower | 280 (60.1) |
| Number of living children | N = 426 |
| None | 14 (3.3) |
| 1–4 | 246 (57.7) |
| >4 | 166 (39.0) |
| Knowledge of WHO/UNICEF danger sign | N = 466 |
| None | 162 (34.8) |
| At least 1 | 304 (65.2) |
| Experiences of pneumonia danger signs in child | N = 466 |
| Yes | 232 (49.8) |
| No | 180 (38.6) |
| Do not know | 54 (11.6) |
| Age of child at experience of danger sign | N = 211 |
| <1 yrs | 118 (55.9) |
| 1-2 yrs | 81 (38.4) |
| 3–5 yrs | 12 (5.7) |