Table 3.

Factors affecting skin-to-skin contact (n = 164).

Variable	Skin-to-skin contact		Chi-square	p value
	Contact	No contact
Education status			1.371	0.71234
Below class X	11	10
X to XII	55	34
Graduate	27	13
Postgraduate	09	05
Knowledge about skin-to-skin contact
Present	79	08	64.504	0.0001
Absent	23	54
Privacy as issue for skin-to-skin contacta
Present	01	04	2.273	0.1316
Absent	101	58
Ambient temperature of the labour room
Comfortable	11	11	1.607	0.2049
Uncomfortable	91	51
Surrounding (Bed area,lightingandcleanliness)
Issue	04	02	0.053	0.8180
Not an issue	98	60
Birth weight ofthebaby
<2.5 Kg	31	14	2.638	0.1043
>2.5 Kg	71	48
Number of ANC visitsa
<4	03	02	0.005	0.9462
>4	99	62
Age ofthemother
<21 years	14	13	1.470	0.225
>21 years	88	49
Gender of the newborn
Female	46	30	1.910	0.385
Male	56	31
Parity of the mother
Primipara	35	25	0.600	0.439
Multipara	67	37
Time of Delivery
0000–0800 h	25	21	1.674	0.1957
0801hrs-2359 h	77	41

^aChi-square test with the Yates correction was applied.