Table 3. Selected essential newborn care practices by socio-demographic characteristics of respondents in refugee settlements Adjumani district.
| Variables | Thermal care (n = 99) | Safe cord care (n = 322) | Early breastfeeding (n = 319) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (% yes) | p-value | (% yes) | p-value | (% yes) | p-value | |
| Respondents age | 0.903 | 0.030 | 0.190 | |||
| <19 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 6.0 | |||
| 20–24 | 19.2 | 22.4 | 19.4 | |||
| 25–34 | 36.4 | 40.7 | 38.2 | |||
| 30–34 | 23.2 | 20.5 | 21.9 | |||
| >35 | 16.2 | 13.7 | 14.4 | |||
| Marital status | 0.187 | 0.252 | 0.066 | |||
| Currently married | 100 | 99.1 | 99.4 | |||
| Not married | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.6 | |||
| Type of marriage | 0.129 | 0.750 | ||||
| Monogamous | 45.5 | 37.6 | 40.8 | |||
| Polygamous | 54.5 | 62.4 | 59.2 | |||
| Religion | 0.248 | 0.106 | 0.000 | |||
| Protestant | 63.6 | 61.2 | 71.8 | |||
| Catholic | 34.3 | 35.7 | 26.0 | |||
| Moslem | 2.0 | 3.1 | 2.2 | |||
| Educational level | 0.841 | 0.074 | 0.072 | |||
| None | 54.4 | 53.4 | 56.7 | |||
| Primary | 32.0 | 32 | 28.5 | |||
| Secondary | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.9 | |||
| Tertiary | 8.4 | 8.4 | 7.8 | |||
| Occupation | 0.660 | 0.014 | 0.010 | |||
| Housewife | 87.9 | 86.3 | 90.0 | |||
| Subsistence farmer | 9.1 | 8.1 | 5.3 | |||
| Business | 3.0 | 5.6 | 4.7 | |||
| Sex of last child | 0.051 | 0.993 | 0.490 | |||
| Male | 47.5 | 56.5 | 55.2 | |||
| Female | 52.5 | 43.5 | 44.8 | |||
| Parity | 0.305 | 0.147 | 0.173 | |||
| 1 | 14.1 | 11.2 | 13.8 | |||
| 2–3 | 24.2 | 30.7 | 27.6 | |||
| >4 | 61.6 | 58.1 | 58.6 | |||