Table 1 The relationship between maternal PPBMI and mother's demographic status
Qualitative Variables | BMI | Pearson chi-square | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Less than normal | Normal | Above normal | Fat | Total | ||||
Mother age (yr) | 18–24 | 9 (12.7%) | 36 (50.7%) | 20 (28.2%) | 6 (8.5%) | 71 (17.9%) | 33.89 | <0.001 |
25–29 | 5 (5.1%) | 44 (44.9%) | 30 (30.6%) | 19 (19.4%) | 98 (24.7%) | |||
>30 | 3 (1.3%) | 73 (32%) | 97 (42.5%) | 55 (24.1%) | 228 (57.4%) | |||
Mother Education | High school | 8 (8.2%) | 36 (37.1%) | 29 (29.9%) | 24 (24.7%) | 97 (24.4%) | 14.91 | .021 |
Diploma | 6 (5.1%) | 47 (40.2%) | 37 (31.6%) | 27 (23.1%) | 117 (29.5%) | |||
College education | 3 (1.6%) | 70 (38.3%) | 81 (44.3%) | 29 (15.8%) | 183 (46.1%) | |||
Mother Job | Governmental employee | 0 (0.0%) | 13 (40.6%) | 14 (43.8%) | 5 (15.6%) | 32(8.1%) | 11.75 | .068 |
Housewife | 17 (4.9%) | 136 (39.1%) | 121(34.8%) | 74(21.3%) | 348(87.7%) | |||
Non-governmental employee | 0 (0.0%) | 4 (23.5%) | 12 (70.6%) | 1(5.9%) | 17(4.3%) | |||
Income | Enough | 14 (4.2%) | 134 (39.8%) | 120 (35.6%) | 69 (20.5%) | 337 (84.9%) | 2.28 | .516 |
Insufficient | 3 (5.0%) | 19 (31.7%) | 27 (45.0%) | 11 (18.3%) | 60 (15.1%) | |||