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Table 2 The association of post health education maternal knowledge about neonatal danger signs in Ethiopia

From: Evidence from 2016 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data: association between post health education maternal knowledge and neonatal danger signs

Variable

Categories

Neonatal Danger Signs Awareness (n=325)

 

95% CI

P-value

Poor

Good

COR

AOR

Lower

Upper

 

Residence

Rural

108 (62.8)

64 (37.2)

0.48*

0.53

0.28

1.02

0.06

Urban

119 (77.8)

34 (22.2)

1

1

-

-

1

Head of household

Male

189 (70.5)

79 (29.5)

1

1

-

-

1

Female

38 (66.7)

19 (33.3)

1.20

1.31

0.66

2.60

0.44

Was child wanted

Wanted then

196 (71.8)

77 (28.2)

1

1

-

-

1

Wanted latter

23 (60.5)

15 (39.6)

1.66

1.58

0.71

3.49

0.26

Wanted no more

8 (57.1)

6 (42.9)

1.91

4.15

1.12

15.41

0.03

Khat Chewing

No

203 (70.2)

86 (29.8)

1

1

-

-

1

Yes

24 (66.7)

12 (33.3)

1.18

1.31

0.56

3.06

0.54

Child sex

Male

105 (64.4)

58 (35.6)

1

1

-

-

1

Female

122 (75.3)

40 (24.7)

0.59*

0.58

0.34

0.98

0.04

Child birth

Single birth

220 (69.6)

96 (30.4)

1

1

-

-

1

2nd of multiple

7 (77.8)

2 (22.2)

0.66

0.59

0.11

3.26

0.54

Maternal education

No education

72 (78.3)

20 (21.7)

0.27*

0.43

0.17

1.14

0.09

Primary

88 (71.0)

36 (29.0)

0.39*

0.42

0.19

0.92

0.03

Secondary

43 (71.7)

17 (28.3)

0.38*

0.37

0.16

0.91

0.03

Higher

24 (49.0)

25 (51.0)

1

1

-

-

1

Caesarean Section

No

199 (71.6)

79 (28.4)

1

1

-

-

1

Yes

28 (59.6)

19 (40.4)

1.71

1.31

0.61

2.81

0.48

Size of child

Very large

55 (77.5)

16 (22.5)

1

-

-

-

1

Large

36 (72.0)

14 (28.0)

1.34

1.93

0.76

4.91

0.17

Average

104 (68.0)

49 (32.0)

1.62

2.64

1.26

5.53

0.01

Small

14 (51.9)

13 (48.1)

3.19*

4.53

1.52

13.51

0.005

Very small

18 (75.0)

6 (25.0)

1.15

1.46

0.44

4.85

0.54

ARDS

No

207 (70.4)

87 (29.6)

1

1

-

-

1

Yes

20 (64.5)

11 (35.5)

1.31

1.06

0.43

2.63

0.90

KMC

No

50 (64.1)

28 (35.9)

1

1

-

-

1

Yes

177 (71.7)

70 (28.3)

0.71

0.67

0.36

1.26

0.22

Maternal age

15-19

7 (63.6)

4 (36.4)

1.14

1.53

0.18

12.97

0.70

20-24

40 (58.0)

29 (42.0)

1.45

1.83

0.32

10.37

0.50

25-29

68 (70.8)

28 (29.2)

0.82

0.79

0.15

4.30

0.78

30-34

60 (74.1)

21 (25.9)

0.70

0.70

0.13

3.84

0.68

35-39

34 (81.0)

8 (19.0)

0.47

0.39

0.06

2.40

0.31

40-44

12 (70.6)

5 (29.4)

0.83

0.46

0.06

3.51

0.46

45-49

6 (66.7)

3 (33.3)

1

-

-

-

1

  1. Note: *=p<0.05, ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, KMC Kangaroo mother care