Table 1 Frequency distribution of self-reported and clinically assessed exploratory variables at 3 weeks post- partum (total n = 877)
Variable | % (n) |
|---|---|
Mothers’ variables | |
Residence | |
Urban | 26.7 (231) |
Rural | 73.3 (633) |
Age | |
<20 yrs | 26.3 (22) |
21-30 yrs | 53.9 (454) |
31-45 yrs | 19.8 (167) |
Educational level | |
Primary school | 67.7 (531) |
Secondary and above | 32.3 (253) |
Marital status: | |
Single | 8.2 (70) |
Married | 61.8 (528) |
Cohabiting | 30.0 (256) |
Parity | |
One or more births | 77.3 (660) |
Primiparous | 22.7 (194) |
Attended antenatal care | |
No | 26.7 (227) |
Yes | 73.3 (617) |
Use a bed net | |
No | 50.2 (423) |
Yes | 49.8 (419) |
Received Information on own teeth | |
No | 73.9 (589) |
Yes | 26.1 (208) |
Received Information babies teeth | |
No | 80.6 (624) |
Yes | 19.4 (155) |
CPI ( total n=713) | |
= 0 | 33.0 (235) |
≥1 | 67.0 (478) |
OHI-S | |
Good | 87.9 (624) |
fair/poor | 12.1 (86) |
Dental attendance | |
Never | 70.2 (566) |
within the last 6 months | 29.8 (240) |
or more seldom | |
Periodontal symptoms | |
fair | 34.6 (274) |
severe | 65.4 (519) |
Infant anthropometric variables (total n=519) | |
Weight for height <-2 | 2.0 (11) |
Weight for age <-2 | 6.9 (41) |
Birth weight <2.5kg | 9.0 (19) |
Height for age <-2 | 10.0 (59) |