Table 4.

Distribution of respondents by Good knowledge, prevention and management practice on anemia in pregnancy and selected background variables

Background Variables	Categories	No.	% Good knowledge	Chi sq	% Good practice	Chi sq
				P values		P values
Locality	Urban	500	47.6	0.905	33.7	1.702
	Peri urban	500	47.6	0.636	32.7	0.427
	Rural	500	45.0		34.6
Distance from health facility	Far	750	44.3	3.666	49.0	0.526
	Near	750	49.2	0.031	51.0	0.500
Tribe	Igbo	1470	47.2	6.734	98.2	0.317
	Non Igbo	30	23.2	0.007	1.8	0.712
Religious affiliation	Catholic	913	45.1	9.208	60.1	10.551
	Protestant	305	53.8	0.056	23.4	0.032
	Pentecostal	275	44.4		16.1
	Islam	6	33.3		0.3
	Traditionalist	1	100		0.1
Marital status	Married	1472	47.1	7.623	98.7	3.570
	Widowed	6	50.0	0.054	0.4	0.312
	Divorced	2	0.0		0.0
	Single	20	20.0		0.9
Level of schooling	Primary	118	40.7	18.318	6.7	6.783
	Secondary	940	43.7	<0.001	61.5	0.034
	Post secondary	429	46.9		31.8
Employed	Yes	1092	529	4.715	73.2	0.112
	No	408	172	0.017	26.8	0.391
Employment type	Domestic aid	9	77.8	20.497	0.8	9.659
	Petty trading	348	48.9	0.002	30.3	0.140
	Business	510	43.3		45.3
	Teaching	87	57.5		8.7
	Health worker	52	61.5		4.6
	Civil servant	62	62.9		7.9
	Other	24	41.7		2.4
Age group	15-19	54	33.3	14.203	3.4	4.632
	20-24	281	43.8	0.027	16.9	0.592
	25-29	542	45.2		36.1
	30-34	414	48.8		29.7
	35-39	163	50.9		10.9
	40-44	40	67.5		2.5
	45+	6	50.0		0.4
Number of pregnancies	Once	341	44.0	7.214	22.5	2.077
	2-3 times	681	44.6	0.065	43.8	0.556
	4-5 times	340	50.9		24.0
	6 times &above	138	53.6		9.8
Wealth index	First quintile	312	17.8	10.070	20.6	1.346
	Second quintile	535	36.1	0.030	35.5	0.854
	Third quintile	263	19.4		16.9
	Fourth quintile	204	14.8		14.6
	Fifth quintile	186	11.8		12.4
Knowledge of anemia in preg.	Good (11+)	701			62.1	117.190
	Poor (0-10)	799			37.9	<0.001