Table 1. Socio-demographic status and use of safety pin in pregnancy.
| Variables | USE of Safety Pin in Pregnancy |
Chi square (χ2) | P value | |
| YES (n = 227) | NO (n = 192) | |||
| Age group | ||||
| 16–20 | 19 (65.5%) | 10 (34.5%) | 6.79 | 0.24 |
| 21–25 | 46 (60.5%) | 30 (39.5%) | ||
| 26–30 | 73 (51.4%) | 69 (48.6%) | ||
| 31–35 | 53 (47.3%) | 59 (52.7%) | ||
| 36–40 | 25 (56.8%) | 19 (43.2%) | ||
| ≥41 | 11 (68.8%) | 5 (31.2%) | ||
| Religion | ||||
| Christianity | 145 (49.3%) | 149 (50.7%) | 11.20 | 0.01 * |
| Islam | 65 (55.8%) | 38 (47.2%) | ||
| Traditional | 13 (81.2%) | 3 (18.8%) | ||
| Others | 4 (66.7%) | 2 (33.3%) | ||
| Educational Status | ||||
| None | 19 (59.4%) | 13 (40.6%) | 30.95 | 0.001 * |
| Primary/Arabic | 17 (53.1%) | 15 (46.9%) | ||
| Secondary | 72 (62.6%) | 43 (37.4%) | ||
| Tertiary | 119 (49.6%) | 121 (50.4%) | ||
| Tribe | ||||
| Yoruba | 187 (51.9%) | 173 (48.1%) | 5.64 | 0.23 |
| Ibo | 21 (65.6%) | 11 (34.4%) | ||
| Hausa/Fulani | 11 (68.8%) | 5 (31.2%) | ||
| Others | 8 (72.7%) | 3 (27.3%) | ||
| Occupation | ||||
| Semi-skilled | 99 (52.9%) | 88 (47.1%) | 3.26 | 0.20 |
| Skilled | 107 (53.0%) | 95 (47.0%) | ||
| Unskilled | 21 (70.0%) | 9 (30.0%) | ||
* Statistical significant at p < 0.05.