Table 7 Factors associated with maternal knowledge of newborn danger signs: univariate analysisa
Characteristic | Total | Level of knowledgeb | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor No. (%) | Moderate No. (%) | Adequate No. (%) | |||
Mother’s age, yrs | |||||
≤ 25 | 211 | 116 (55.0) | 54 (25.6) | 41 (19.4) | 0.525 |
> 25 | 128 | 74 (57.8) | 26 (20.3) | 28 (21.9) | |
Parity | |||||
Primiparae | 52 | 28 (53.9) | 12 (23.1) | 12 (23.1) | 0.888 |
Multiparae | 273 | 151 (55.3) | 67 (24.5) | 55 (20.2) | |
Mother’s education | |||||
No school | 250 | 144 (57.6) | 65 (26.0) | 41 (16.4) | 0.003 |
Primary school or higher | 85 | 43 (50.6) | 14 (16.5) | 28 (32.9) | |
Mother’s employment | |||||
Unemployed | 320 | 181 (56.6) | 76 (23.8) | 63 (19.7) | 0.364 |
Employed | 18 | 8 (44.4) | 4 (22.2) | 6 (33.3) | |
Home visit by CHW | |||||
No | 157 | 100 (63.7) | 39 (24.8) | 18 (11.5) | 0.001 |
Yes | 180 | 88 (48.9) | 41 (22.8) | 51 (28.3) | |
Displacement status | |||||
IDP | 208 | 117 (56.3) | 49 (23.6) | 42 (20.2) | 0.994 |
Refugee | 131 | 73 (55.7) | 31 (23.7) | 27 (20.6) | |
Years living in camp | |||||
One year or less | 84 | 44 (52.4) | 15 (17.9) | 25 (29.8) | 0.034 |
More than one year | 251 | 144 (57.4) | 64 (25.5) | 43 (17.1) | |