Table 5 Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient showing relationship between participants’ categorical knowledge about birth defects and their socio-demographics
Socio-demographic | Number | rho | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Specific knowledge | |||
Age | 443 | −0.06 | 0.169 |
Educational level | 443 | −0.11 | 0.190 |
Parity | 443 | −0.03 | 0.528 |
Number of antenatal session | 443 | 0.01 | 0 .987 |
Knowledge on risk factors | |||
Age | 443 | 0.01 | 0.787 |
Educational level | 443 | −0.01 | 0.256 |
Parity | 443 | −0.04 | 0.415 |
Number of antenatal session | 443 | 0.01 | 0.967 |
Overall knowledge | |||
Age | 443 | −0.05 | 0.336 |
Educational level | 443 | −0.04 | 0.378 |
Parity | 443 | −0.05 | 0.283 |
Number of antenatal session | 443 | −0.01 | 0.838 |