Primiparous | Multiparous | Total | Chi-square test/t-test | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 137 | n = 144 | n = 281 | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | p- value | |
Sex of children: | |||||||
Male | 74 | 54 | 63 | 43.8 | 137 | 48.8 | 0.11 |
Female | 63 | 46 | 81 | 56.3 | 144 | 51.2 | |
Age of infant in months (mean ±): | 2.8 (±1.4) | 2.6 (±1.4) | 2.7 (±1.4) | 0.23 | |||
Maternal age in years: (mean ±): | 25.1 (±5.3) | 27.4 (±5.3) | 26.2 (±5.4) | 0.00 | |||
Marital Status: | |||||||
Married | 116 | 84.7 | 118 | 81.9 | 234 | 83.3 | 0.08 |
Single | 8 | 5.8 | 6 | 4.2 | 14 | 5.0 | |
Divorced | 5 | 3.7 | 5 | 3.5 | 10 | 3.6 | |
Separated | 4 | 2.9 | 13 | 9.0 | 17 | 6.0 | |
Widow | 4 | 2.9 | 2 | 1.4 | 6 | 2.1 | |
Education: | |||||||
No formal education | 57 | 41.6 | 64 | 44.4 | 121 | 43.1 | 0.50 |
Adult education | 8 | 5.8 | 9 | 6.3 | 17 | 6.1 | |
Primary education | 27 | 19.7 | 32 | 22.2 | 59 | 21.0 | |
Secondary school | 14 | 10.2 | 15 | 10.4 | 29 | 10.3 | |
Certificate level | 2 | 1.6 | 5 | 3.5 | 7 | 2.5 | |
Diploma level | 21 | 15.3 | 15 | 10.4 | 36 | 12.8 | |
Degree level | 8 | 5.8 | 4 | 2.0 | 12 | 4.3 |