Table 4. Factors associated with knowledge of danger signs.
| DS Pregnancy | DS childbirth | DS newborn | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Intervention | ||||||
| Pre-intervention | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Post-intervention | 2.87 | 1.90–4.36*** | 3.64 | 2.52–5.25*** | 1.57 | 1.09–2.25** |
| Characteristics of mothers | ||||||
| Age | 1.02 | 0.98–1.06 | 1.02 | 0.98–1.05 | 0.99 | 0.96–1.03 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Brahmin/Chhetri | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Janajati | 0.80 | 0.49–1.33 | 1.06 | 0.69–1.64 | 0.89 | 0.57–1.37 |
| Dalit | 1.56 | 0.81–3.01 | 1.99 | 1.10–3.31** | 0.85 | 0.50–1.45 |
| Religion | ||||||
| Hindu | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Buddhist | 0.39 | 0.25–0.62*** | 0.62 | 0.40–0.95** | 0.57 | 0.37–0.87** |
| Others | 0.29 | 0.11–0.52*** | 0.21 | 0.10–0.46*** | 0.36 | 0.17–0.77** |
| Mother's Education | ||||||
| Illiterate | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Primary | 2.30 | 1.32–3.99** | 1.75 | 1.06–2.89 | 1.86 | 1.16–2.99 |
| Secondary and higher | 2.31 | 1.33–4.00** | 2.21 | 1.34–3.65** | 2.20 | 1.37–3.53** |
| Husband's education | ||||||
| No education | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Primary education | 1.47 | 0.82–2.61 | 1.63 | 0.93–2.86 | 1.49 | 0.82–2.40 |
| Secondary and higher | 2.28 | 1.25–4.16** | 2.68 | 1.51–4.76** | 1.73 | 1.07–2.96* |
| Wealth index | ||||||
| Richer | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Rich | 0.65 | 0.33–1.29 | 0.64 | 0.37–1.09 | 0.75 | 0.46-.1.24 |
| Poor | 0.71 | 0.34–1.52 | 0.75 | 0.41–1.37 | 0.85 | 0.49–1.50 |
| Poorer | 0.97 | 0.46–2.05 | 1.59 | 0.87–2.93 | 0.97 | 0.55–1.71 |
| Parity | ||||||
DS = Danger signs
DS pregnancy (3 out of 5), DS childbirth (3 out of 6), and DS newborn (5 out of 8).
*P-value <0.05
**P-value<0.01
***P-value<0.001