Table 2 Comparison between sociodemographic characteristics of the participants and the knowledge, and myths scores

Age (years) mean ± sd, median (IQR)

28 ± 6

28 (23–32)

30 ± 7

30 (25–35)

0.002*

29 ± 6

29 (24–33)

29 ± 7

29 (25–34)

0.894

Age at first pregnancy (years) mean ± sd, median (IQR)

22 ± 4

21 (18–25)

22 ± 5

21 (19–25)

0.397

22 ± 5

21 (18–25)

22 ± 4

21 (19–25)

0.732

Age at marriage (years) mean ± sd, median (IQR)

21 ± 4

20 (17–24)

21 ± 4

20 (18–24)

0.284

21 ± 4

20 (17–24)

21 ± 4

20 (18–24)

0.929

Gravida mean ± sd, median (IQR)

3 ± 2

3 (2–4)

4 ± 2

3 (2–5)

0.175

4 ± 3

3 (2–4)

3 ± 2

3 (2–4)

0.974

Parity mean ± sd, median (IQR)

2 ± 2

2 (1–3)

2 ± 2

2 (1–3)

0.356

2 ± 2

2 (1–3)

2 ± 2

2 (1–3)

0.795

wife education n (%)

below university

216

84.4%

164

77.4%

0.053

270

80.1%

110

84.0%

0.338

above university

40

15.6%

48

22.6%

67

19.9%

21

16.0%

husband education n (%)

below university

171

66.8%

132

62.3%

0.307

216

64.1%

87

66.4%

0.638

above university

85

33.2%

80

37.7%

121

35.9%

44

33.6%

Wife Occupation n (%)

Not working

189

73.8%

159

75.0%

0.773

252

74.8%

96

73.3%

0.648

working

67

26.2%

53

25.0%

85

25.2%

35

26.7%

Husband Occupation n(%)

Not working

16

6.3%

9

4.2%

0.337

19

5.6%

6

4.6%

0.674

working

240

93.8%

203

95.8%

318

94.4%

125

95.4%

Average family income n (%)

It is not enough, and we have a big debt

44

17.2%

11

5.2%

< 0.001*

39

11.6%

16

12.2%

0.393

It is not enough, and we have a small debt

60

23.4%

28

13.2%

68

20.2%

20

15.3%

just enough

149

58.2%

154

72.6%

214

63.5%

89

67.9%

enough

3

1.2%

19

9.0%

16

4.7%

6

4.6%

Residence n (%)

Urban

156

60.9%

137

64.6%

0.412

215

63.8%

78

59.5%

0.851

Rural

100

39.1%

75

35.4%

122

36.2%

53

40.5%

Crowding index n (%)

<=2

197

77.0%

163

76.9%

0.986

260

77.2%

100

76.3%

0.591

> 2

59

23.0%

49

23.1%

77

22.8%

31

23.7%