Table 1:
Demographic details of the study participants.
| Demographic characteristic |
Total | Used traditional medicine in pregnancy |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YES (N, %) | NO (N, %) | |||
| Age group | 0.104 | |||
| 18–20 years | 47 | 35 (74.5) | 12 (25.5) | |
| 21–30 years | 185 | 124 (67.0) | 61 (33.0) | |
| 31–40 years | 113 | 87 (77.0) | 26 (23.0) | |
| 41–49 years | 53 | 32 (60.4) | 21 (39.6) | |
| Marital status | 0.759 | |||
| Single | 13 | 10 (76.9) | 3 (23.1) | |
| Married | 323 | 227 (70.3) | 96 (29.7) | |
| Widowed | 23 | 14 (60.9) | 9 (39.1) | |
| Divorced | 20 | 15 (75.0) | 5 (25.0) | |
| Cohabiting | 19 | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | |
| Level of education | 0.183 | |||
| No education | 6 | 3 (50.0) | 3 (50.0) | |
| Primary | 80 | 51 (63.8) | 29 (36.3) | |
| Secondary | 302 | 215 (71.2) | 87 (28.8) | |
| Tertiary | 10 | 9 (90.0) | 1 (10.0) | |
| Religion | 0.866 | |||
| Christian | 371 | 259 (69.8) | 112 (30.2) | |
| Muslim | 9 | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | |
| African tradition | 10 | 8 (80.0) | 2 (20.0) | |
| Other | 8 | 5 (62.5) | 3 (37.5) | |
| Employment status | 0.268 | |||
| Employed | 40 | 28 (70.0) | 12 (30.0) | |
| Self employed | 174 | 113 (64.9) | 61 (35.1) | |
| Unemployed | 174 | 130 (74.7) | 44 (25.3) | |
| Not stated | 10 | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | |