Table 3. Nutritional knowledge, attitudes, and practices according to general characteristics.

Characteristics	Knowledge			Attitude												Practice
				Perceived susceptibility			Perceived severity			Perceived benefits			Perceived barriers
	M±SD	t/F	p	M±SD	t/F	p	M±SD	t/F	p	M±SD	t/F	p	M±SD	t/F	p	M±SD	t/F	p
Age
Under 26 years	2.19±2.17	-1.38	.168	2.00±0.38	-.18	.861	2.79±0.46	.51	.612	2.82±0.42	1.16	.248	1.49±0.76	.01	.996	4.59±1.89	1.27	.206
27 years or older	2.64±2.12			2.01±0.51			2.76±0.49			2.73±0.57			1.49±0.73			4.21±2.05
Number of children
2 or fewer	2.19±2.08	-.52	.606	1.99±0.47	-.70	.486	2.76±0.49	-.57	.571	2.76±0.51	.25	.807	1.48±0.73	.15	.881	4.74±2.03	1.73	.086
3 or more	2.41±2.20			2.06±0.54			2.81±0.46			2.73±0.61			1.46±0.69			4.06±1.82
Living with the spouse or not
No	1.11±1.36	-2.82	.017	2.44±0.53	2.59	.030	2.89±0.33	.74	.459	2.67±0.71	-.67	.502	1.67±0.87	.72	.474	6.00±1.87	2.54	.012
Yes	2.48±2.17			1.98±0.43			2.77±0.48			2.78±0.49			1.48±0.73			4.31±1.94
Form of household head
Male household heada	2.49±2.19	.19	.826	2.02±0.41	2.14	.121	2.79±0.44	.62	.540	2.82±0.42	1.70	.187	1.51±0.76	.17	.847	4.13±1.89	7.55	.001 (a<b,c)*
Female household head with male supportb	2.29±1.94			1.79±0.58			2.64±0.75			2.64±0.75			1.43±0.51			5.64±1.78
Female household head without male supportc	2.10±1.97			1.90±0.57			2.80±0.42			2.60±0.70			1.40±0.84			1.97±0.62
Household head’s education level
Did not complete primary schoola	2.61±2.26	1.52	.223	2.01±0.34	.42	.661	2.85±0.36	2.66	.073	2.82±0.44	.99	.373	1.56±0.77	1.09	.338	3.77±1.63	18.07	< .001 (a,b<c)*
Primary school completedb	2.56±2.14			1.92±0.64			2.63±0.63			2.74±0.60			1.52±0.80			4.63±2.19
Above primary schoolc	1.89±1.88			2.00±0.54			2.75±0.50			2.69±0.58			1.34±0.64			5.86±1.90
Maternal education level
Did not complete primary schoola	2.84±2.25	3.12	.047 (a>c)*	2.00±0.23	.20	.818	2.79±0.41	.07	.933	2.79±0.44	.35	.704	1.50±0.72	.10	.904	3.67±1.59	14.01	< .001 (a<b,c)*
Primary school completedb	2.55±2.26			2.00±0.62			2.76±0.55			2.78±0.53			1.47±0.80			4.66±1.77
Above primary schoolc	1.83±1.72			1.95±0.50			2.79±0.47			2.71±0.60			1.55±0.77			5.48±2.23
Income-generating activities
None	2.45±2.12	-.14	.887	2.00±0.35	.37	.715	2.81±0.42	1.16	.250	2.80±0.46	.85	.395	1.48±0.72	-.16	.875	4.43±1.89	.06	.950
At least one	2.49±2.19			1.97±0.51			2.73±0.53			2.74±0.55			1.50±0.75			4.41±2.08
Income levels
1 or 2a	3.83±1.88	11.41	< .001 (a>b,d)*	2.00±0.00	.14	.936	2.92±0.28	.96	.415	2.88±0.45	.39	.758	1.58±0.83	.57	.637	3.33±1.40	11.84	< .001 (d>a,b)*
3b	1.63±2.12			1.99±0.37			2.76±0.46			2.77±0.46			1.54±0.72			3.85±1.79
4c	3.74±1.76			2.00±0.30			2.78±0.42			2.74±0.54			1.35±0.71			4.52±1.31
5d	2.22±1.91			2.04±0.65			2.72±0.56			2.75±0.55			1.45±0.75			5.52±2.12

Note: P-values are in parentheses.

*p < .05 in Scheffé’s test