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Table 1 KAP overview and bivariate analysis

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice level of women at the periconceptional period: a cross-sectional study in Shaanxi China

 

Total

Knowledge

Pass a

Attitude

Practice

Premarital examination b

Pre-pregnancy examination c

FA taking Pre-pregnancy d

FA taking everyday e

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Total

791

100

563

71.2

397

50.2

494

62.5

270

42.0

527

81.6

Region

 Yan an

451

57.02

237

57.8

284

63.0

337

75.6

99

32.2

212

69.1

 Xi’an

340

42.98

276

83.4

113

33.2

157

46.2

171

50.9

315

92.9

 χ2

–

56.25

68.57

71.34

22.90

61.06

 P

–

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

< 0.001*

Age

  ≤ 25

158

20.2

78

54.2

76

48.1

95

60.1

30

25.0

88

73.9

 26–30

440

56.1

298

72.2

231

52.5

280

64.1

182

48.8

315

83.8

 31–35

141

18.0

99

74.4

64

45.4

89

63.1

46

39.0

99

83.2

  > 35

45

5.7

35

77.8

22

48.9

27

62.8

11

39.3

24

85.7

 χ2

–

20.28

2.54

0.78

21.81

6.39

 P

–

< 0.001*

0.47

0.86

<  0.001*

0.09

Location

 City

568

72.0

393

73.3

276

48.6

354

62.7

209

44.7

391

83.2

 Suburb/rural area

221

28.0

120

59.1

120

54.3

139

63.5

61

34.9

136

77.3

 χ2

–

14.00

2.07

0.05

5.02

2.99

 P

–

< 0.001*

0.15

0.87

0.03*

0.08

Education

 Junior high school or below

155

19.7

61

44.2

81

52.3

101

65.6

26

22.2

73

61.9

 Senior high school/college

354

45.0

228

67.5

187

52.8

221

62.8

127

43.3

246

84.2

 Undergraduate or above

278

35.3

221

84.4

128

46.0

171

62.0

117

51.1

205

88.4

 χ2

–

69.04

3.16

0.58

26.72

39.07

 P

–

< 0.001*

0.21

0.75

<  0.001*

<  0.001*

Husband education

 Junior high school or below

167

21.3

76

50.7

90

53.9

113

67.7

31

23.5

90

67.7

 Senior high school/college

334

42.8

212

66.9

170

50.9

202

60.8

120

43.3

230

83.0

 Undergraduate or above

280

35.9

222

83.1

134

47.9

174

62.6

117

51.5

203

88.6

 χ2

–

49.57

1.57

2.24

27.23

25.38

 P

–

< 0.001*

0.46

0.33

<  0.001*

<  0.001*

Family income (per month)

  ≤ 4000

303

39.1

148

53.2

169

55.8

212

70.4

66

28.9

157

68.9

 4000–12,000

417

53.9

312

78.4

199

47.7

243

58.7

169

48.4

313

89.2

  > 12,000

54

7.0

44

84.6

21

38.9

27

50.0

28

53.8

47

90.4

 χ2

–

54.84

7.56

14.25

24.88

41.27

 P

–

< 0.001*

0.02*

0.001*

<  0.001*

<  0.001*

Pregnancy history

 No

550

69.6

358

69.0

270

49.1

342

62.4

217

46.2

400

84.4

 Yes

240

30.4

155

69.8

126

52.5

151

63.7

53

30.6

127

73.8

 χ2

–

6.05

0.78

2.19

12.53

9.35

 P

–

0.015*

0.40

0.14

<  0.001*

0.002*

  1. *:P <  0.05
  2. a Women whose scores on the assessment of knowledge level were higher than or equal to 6 (n = 791)
  3. b Women who planned to participate or had participated in premarital examinations (n = 791)
  4. c Women who planned to participate or had participated in pre-pregnancy examinations (n = 791)
  5. d women who started taking FA before pregnancy (n = 643)
  6. e women who have taken pills containing at least 0.4 mg FA every day without interruption during 3 months before pregnancy or the first trimester of pregnancy (n = 643)
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