Table 3.
level of Knowledge vs demographic characteristics (n=442)
| Characteristics | No | Knowledge | Chi square | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low level (218) | High level (224) | ||||||
| No | Percentage | No | Percentage | ||||
| Age | |||||||
| 15-19 | 14 | 7 | 3.2 | 7 | 3.1 | ||
| 20-24 | 112 | 57 | 26.1 | 55 | 24.6 | ||
| 25-29 | 153 | 67 | 30.7 | 86 | 38.4 | 3.541 | 0.617 |
| 30-34 | 108 | 57 | 26.1 | 51 | 22.8 | ||
| 35-39 | 46 | 26 | 11.9 | 20 | 8.9 | ||
| 40+ | 9 | 4 | 1.8 | 5 | 2.2 | ||
| Gestaional Age | |||||||
| 1-13 | 112 | 63 | 28.9 | 49 | 21.9 | ||
| 14-28 | 184 | 85 | 39.0 | 99 | 44.2 | 3.724 | 0.293 |
| 29-40 | 113 | 52 | 23.9 | 61 | 27.2 | ||
| Don’t Know | 33 | 18 | 8.3 | 15 | 6.7 | ||
| Number of Children | |||||||
| Primigravida | 144 | 68 | 31.2 | 76 | 33.9 | 0.376 | 0.539 |
| Multiparous | 298 | 150 | 68.8 | 148 | 66.1 | ||
| Educational Level | |||||||
| Read and Write/Primary | 33 | 24 | 11.0 | 9 | 4.0 | ||
| Intermediate/Secondary | 196 | 108 | 49.5 | 88 | 39.3 | 16.673 | 0.000 |
| University & above | 213 | 86 | 39.4 | 127 | 56.7 | ||
| Working status | |||||||
| Working | 109 | 45 | 20.6 | 64 | 28.6 | 3.739 | 0.053 |
| Not working | 333 | 173 | 79.4 | 160 | 71.4 | ||
| Do you have house-maid? | |||||||
| No | 400 | 204 | 816.0 | 196 | 47.0 | 4.746 | 0.029 |
| Yes | 42 | 14 | 56.0 | 28 | 6.7 | ||
| Family income | |||||||
| <5000 | 132 | 78 | 35.8 | 54 | 24.1 | ||
| 5000-10000 | 261 | 126 | 57.8 | 135 | 60.3 | 13.595 | 0.001 |
| >10000 | 49 | 14 | 6.4 | 35 | 15.6 | ||