Table 6.
Level of awareness regarding benefits and risk as per demographic characteristics (n=442)
| Characteristics | No | Opinion about Benefits | Chi square | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLA (194) | HLA (248) | ||||||
| No | Percentage | No | Percentage | ||||
| Age | |||||||
| 15°19 | 14 | 9 | 4.6 | 5 | 2.0 | ||
| 20-24 | 112 | 64 | 33.0 | 48 | 19.4 | ||
| 25-29 | 153 | 66 | 34.0 | 87 | 35.1 | 17.232 | 0.004 |
| 30-34 | 108 | 36 | 18.6 | 72 | 29.0 | ||
| 35-39 | 46 | 16 | 8.2 | 30 | 12.1 | ||
| 40+ | 9 | 3 | 1.5 | 6 | 2.4 | ||
| Gestaional Age | |||||||
| 1-13 | 112 | 47 | 24.2 | 65 | 26.2 | ||
| 14-28 | 184 | 86 | 44.3 | 98 | 39.5 | 2.679 | 0.444 |
| 29-40 | 113 | 44 | 22.7 | 69 | 27.8 | ||
| Don’t Know | 33 | 17 | 8.8 | 16 | 6.5 | ||
| Number of Children | |||||||
| Primigravida | 144 | 70 | 36.1 | 74 | 29.8 | 1.932 | 0.165 |
| Multiparous | 298 | 124 | 63.9 | 174 | 70.2 | ||
| Educational Level | |||||||
| Read and Write/Primary | 33 | 17 | 8.8 | 16 | 3.8 | ||
| Intermediate/Secondary | 196 | 100 | 51.5 | 96 | 23.0 | 10.007 | 0.007 |
| University & above | 213 | 77 | 39.7 | 136 | 32.6 | ||
| Working status | |||||||
| Working | 109 | 31 | 16.0 | 78 | 18.7 | 14.025 | 0.000 |
| Not working | 333 | 163 | 84.0 | 170 | 40.8 | ||
| Do you have house-maid? | |||||||
| No | 400 | 178 | 91.8 | 222 | 89.5 | 0.633 | 0.426 |
| Yes | 42 | 16 | 8.2 | 26 | 10.5 | ||
| Family income | |||||||
| <5000 | 132 | 70 | 36.1 | 62 | 25.0 | ||
| 5000-10000 | 261 | 101 | 52.1 | 160 | 64.5 | 7.521 | 0.023 |
| >10000 | 49 | 23 | 11.9 | 26 | 10.5 | ||