Table 4 Distribution of respondents by Good knowledge, prevention and management practice on anemia in pregnancy and selected background variables
Background Variables | Categories | No. | % Good knowledge | Chi sq | % Good practice | Chi sq |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P values | P values | |||||
Locality | Urban | 500 | 47.6 | 0.905 | 33.7 | 1.702 |
Peri urban | 500 | 47.6 | 0.636 | 32.7 | 0.427 | |
Rural | 500 | 45.0 | Ā | 34.6 | Ā | |
Distance from health facility | Far | 750 | 44.3 | 3.666 | 49.0 | 0.526 |
Near | 750 | 49.2 | 0.031 | 51.0 | 0.500 | |
Tribe | Igbo | 1470 | 47.2 | 6.734 | 98.2 | 0.317 |
Non Igbo | 30 | 23.2 | 0.007 | 1.8 | 0.712 | |
Religious affiliation | Catholic | 913 | 45.1 | 9.208 | 60.1 | 10.551 |
Protestant | 305 | 53.8 | 0.056 | 23.4 | 0.032 | |
Pentecostal | 275 | 44.4 | Ā | 16.1 | Ā | |
Islam | 6 | 33.3 | 0.3 | |||
Traditionalist | 1 | 100 | 0.1 | |||
Marital status | Married | 1472 | 47.1 | 7.623 | 98.7 | 3.570 |
Widowed | 6 | 50.0 | 0.054 | 0.4 | 0.312 | |
Divorced | 2 | 0.0 | Ā | 0.0 | Ā | |
Single | 20 | 20.0 | 0.9 | |||
Level of schooling | Primary | 118 | 40.7 | 18.318 | 6.7 | 6.783 |
Secondary | 940 | 43.7 | <0.001 | 61.5 | 0.034 | |
Post secondary | 429 | 46.9 | Ā | 31.8 | Ā | |
Employed | Yes | 1092 | 529 | 4.715 | 73.2 | 0.112 |
No | 408 | 172 | 0.017 | 26.8 | 0.391 | |
Employment type | Domestic aid | 9 | 77.8 | 20.497 | 0.8 | 9.659 |
Petty trading | 348 | 48.9 | 0.002 | 30.3 | 0.140 | |
Business | 510 | 43.3 | Ā | 45.3 | Ā | |
Teaching | 87 | 57.5 | 8.7 | |||
Health worker | 52 | 61.5 | 4.6 | |||
Civil servant | 62 | 62.9 | 7.9 | |||
Other | 24 | 41.7 | 2.4 | |||
Age group | 15-19 | 54 | 33.3 | 14.203 | 3.4 | 4.632 |
20-24 | 281 | 43.8 | 0.027 | 16.9 | 0.592 | |
25-29 | 542 | 45.2 | Ā | 36.1 | Ā | |
30-34 | 414 | 48.8 | 29.7 | |||
35-39 | 163 | 50.9 | 10.9 | |||
40-44 | 40 | 67.5 | 2.5 | |||
45+ | 6 | 50.0 | 0.4 | |||
Number of pregnancies | Once | 341 | 44.0 | 7.214 | 22.5 | 2.077 |
2-3 times | 681 | 44.6 | 0.065 | 43.8 | 0.556 | |
4-5 times | 340 | 50.9 | Ā | 24.0 | Ā | |
6 times &above | 138 | 53.6 | 9.8 | |||
Wealth index | First quintile | 312 | 17.8 | 10.070 | 20.6 | 1.346 |
Second quintile | 535 | 36.1 | 0.030 | 35.5 | 0.854 | |
Third quintile | 263 | 19.4 | Ā | 16.9 | Ā | |
Fourth quintile | 204 | 14.8 | 14.6 | |||
Fifth quintile | 186 | 11.8 | 12.4 | |||
Knowledge of anemia in preg. | Good (11+) | 701 | Ā | 62.1 | 117.190 | |
Poor (0-10) | 799 | 37.9 | <0.001 |