Table 2 Descriptive statistics and between-group comparison of categorical participant characteristics
Variable | Groups | Fisher Exact test P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Without grandmother attendance (n = 32) | With grandmother attendance (n = 32) | ||
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Mother’s occupation | |||
Housewife | 32 (100) | 29 (9.4) | 0.238 |
Employed | 0 (0) | 3 (90.6) | |
Grandmother’s occupation | |||
Housewife | 32 (100) | 31 (96.9) | 0.999 |
Employed | 0 (0) | 1 (3.1) | |
Husband’s occupation | |||
Worker | 6 (18.8) | 4 (12.5) | 0.091 |
Employed | 1 (3.1) | 7 (21.9) | |
Self-employed | 25 (78.1) | 21 (65.6) | |
Economic status of the family (month’s wages: millions of Rials) | |||
< 20 | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | 0.891 |
20–40 | 20 (62.6) | 22 (68.8) | |
40–100 | 10 (31.2) | 10 (31.2) | |
> 100 | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | |
Mother’s education | |||
Elementary | 1 (3.2) | 0 (0) | 0.083 |
Secondary | 2 (6.2) | 3 (9.4) | |
High school | 24 (75) | 16 (50) | |
University | 5 (15.6) | 13 (40.6) | |
Grandmother’s education | |||
Elementary | 8 (25) | 2 (6.2) | 0.211 |
Secondary | 15 (46.9) | 18 (56.3) | |
High school | 7 (21.9) | 8 (25) | |
University | 2 (6.2) | 4 (12.5) | |
Mode of delivery | |||
Normal vaginal | 6 (18.8) | 5 (15.6) | 0.75 |
Vacuum extraction | 1 (3.1) | 0 (0) | |
Cesarean section | 25 (78.1) | 27 (84.4) | |