Table-II.
Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics between the fasting and non-fasting group (n=180).
| Characteristics | Fasting Group n=100 n (%) |
Non-Fasting Group n=80 n (%) |
p-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender of newborn | |||
| Male | 53 (53.0) | 49 (61.2) | 0.267 |
| Female | 47 (47.0) | 31 (38.8) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
| Urdu | 29 (29.0) | 29 (36.3) | 0.125 |
| Sindhi | 21 (21.0) | 21 (26.3) | |
| Balochi | 14 (14.0) | 6(7.5) | |
| Pathan | 27 (27.0) | 11 (13.7) | |
| Punjabi | 5 (5.0) | 7 (8.7) | |
| Others | 4 (4.0) | 6(7.5) | |
| Educational Status | |||
| Illiterate | 42 (42.0) | 36 (45.0) | 0.425 |
| Primary | 25 (25.0) | 12 (15.0) | |
| Secondary | 12 (12.0) | 10 (12.5) | |
| Matric | 16 (16.0) | 14 (17.5) | |
| Intermediate/Graduate | 5 (5.0) | 8 (10.0) |
*
P-value calculated by using Chi-square test