Table 19: Bivariate analysis of Socio-demographic and other factors associated with attitude of obstetric danger signs among mothers in Yenagoa.
Variable |
Attitude towards obstetric danger signs |
c2 |
p value |
|
Good knowledge |
Poor knowledge |
|||
Age 15 - 24 25 - 30 > 30 |
15 (16.3) 44 (47.8) 33 (35.9) |
32 (19.0) 91 (54.2) 45 (26.8) |
2.343 |
0.310 |
Mother’s LOE None Primary Secondary Tertiary |
0 (0.0) 4 (4.3) 48 (52.2) 40 (43.5) |
1 (0.6) 13 (7.7) 93 (55.4) 61 (36.3) |
2.351‡ |
0.514 |
SES I II III IV V |
37 (40.2) 34 (37.0) 10 (10.9) 11 (12.0) 0 (0.0) |
57 (33.9) 63 (37.5) 16 (9.5) 28 (26.7) 4 (2.4) |
3.832 |
0.429 |
Parity 0 1 - 4 ≥ 5 |
25 (72.2) 64 (69.6) 3 (3.3) |
44 (26.2) 121 (72.0) 3 (1.8) |
0.789‡ |
0.710 |
Gestational age |
35.0 ± 8.7 |
35.4 ± 10.0 |
0.244† |
0.744 |
Antenatal care follow up Yes No |
91 (98.9) 1 (1.1) |
158 (94.0) 10 (6.0) |
2.376* |
0.123 |
No. of Antenatal visit <4 ≥4 |
26 (28.3) 66 (71.7) |
84 (50.0) 84 (50.0) |
11.510 |
0.001 |
Time to nearest health facility £2 >2 |
66 (78.6) 18 (21.4) |
31 (21.2) |
|
|
Ethnicity Bayelsa Non Bayelsa |
58 (63.0) 34 (37.0) |
114 (67.9) 54 (32.1) |
0.615 |
0.433 |
*: 2 with Yates correction; ‡: Fisher's Exact Test; †: t test.