Poor newborn care practices - a population based survey in eastern Uganda

Table 3 Levels of selected newborn care practices by socio-demographic and antenatal and delivery care factors

Characteristic	Safe cord care %, p-value		Thermal care %, p-value		Neonatal feeding %, p-value
Maternal Age
<19	11		8		8	0.60
19-25	32	0.04	39	0.63	38
26-30	24		26		29
>30	33		27		24
Parity
1	32	0.01	25	0.77	25	0.81
2-4	27		33		37
>4	42		42		39
Social group
1(Lowest)	14		15		13	0.58
2	22	0.42	23	0.66	19
3	24		27		26
4	28		22		25
5 (Highest)	12		13		18
ANC attendance
1	10	0.72	11	0.32	8	0.82
2-3	62		55		61
>3	28		34		31
Time of 1st visit
1^st trimester	11	0.59	12	0.97	13	0.97
2^nd trimester	55		55		55
3^rd trimester	34		33		32
Tested for HIV
Yes	43	0.71	39	0.49	38	0.13
No	57		61		62
Time labour began
Day	53	0.06	44	0.22	47	0.56
Night	47		56		53
Time of delivery
Day	50	0.98	48	0.44	49	0.80
Night	50		52		51
Distance to clinic
None	28	0.36	35	0.78	33	0.82
<5 Km	56		49		52
5+ Km	16		16		15
Birth prepared
Yes	87	0.67	84	0.17	86	0.79
No	13		16		14
Pregnancy counselling
Yes	96	0.64	94	0.26	95	0.19
No	4		6		5

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