Knowledge of safe motherhood among women in rural communities in northern Nigeria: implications for maternal mortality reduction

Table 5 Source of information about safe motherhood against key characteristics of respondents

	Health talk in a health facility			Community discussions			Danger signs song in the media/radio			Friends/neighbours			Other relatives
	Yes (%)	No (%)	P-value	Yes (%)	No (%)	P-value	Yes (%)	No (%)	P-value	Yes (%)	No (%)	P-value	Yes (%)	No (%)	P-value
Age
< 20 years	20.0	24.4	0.468	20.0	23.2	0.716	23.8	21.7	0.683	23.9	21.6	0.587	29.7	21.6	0.262
21–34 years	62.4	60.0		63.3	60.1		57.4	62.1		57.3	62.5		48.7	62.2
35 – 49 years	17.6	15.6		16.7	16.7		18.8	16.2		18.8	15.9		21.6	16.2
Marital status
Married (monogamous)	42.7	40.9	0.687	38.3	43.0	0.316	45.0	40.8	0.439	40.2	42.1	0.712	47.2	41.2	0.482
Married (polygamous)	57.3	59.1		61.7	57.0		55.0	59.2		59.8	57.9		52.8	58.8
Ever attended school
Yes	87.8	65.5	<0.001	74.2	76.7	0.533	80.2	74.9	0.267	79.5	74.9	0.304	81.1	75.5	0.445
No	12.2	34.5		25.8	23.3		19.8	25.1		20.5	25.1		18.9	24.5
Parity
Once	8.6	11.7	0.422	7.9	11.2	0.305	14.9	9.1	0.052	16.4	8.5	0.096	13.5	10.0	0.758
2 – 5	50.2	51.8		52.9	50.1		45.6	52.4		35.3	39.6		43.3	51.7
>5	41.2	36.5		39.2	38.7		39.5	38.5		0.0	0.0		43.2	38.3
Never	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0

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