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Table 2 Factors associated with mother’s good knowledge about neonatal danger signs, Gondar town, April 2012

From: Level of mother’s knowledge about neonatal danger signs and associated factors in North West of Ethiopia: a community based study

Factor variables

Knowledge on neonatal danger sign

Crud OR (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Good, N

Poor, N

Marital status

 Married

97

392

  

 Single

5

40

0.50 (0.19, 1.31)

 

 Divorce

3

37

0.33 (0.99, 1.08)

 

 Widowed

5

24

0.84 (0.31, 2.26)

 

Mother education

 Primary education

13

241

1

1

 Secondary education

68

204

6.18 (3.32, 11.51)

3.05 (1.43, 6.50)

 College and above

29

48

11.2 (5.43, 23.01)

3.48 (1.37, 8.52)

Mother occupation

 Housewife

34

271

1

 

 Government employee

44

77

4.56 (2.72, 7.62)

 

 Private employee

22

112

1.57 (0.88, 2.79)

 

 Merchant

8

21

3.04 (1.25, 7.39)

 

 Others

2

12

1.33 (0.28, 6.19)

 

Husband education

 Primary education

4

129

1

1

 Secondary education

55

186

9.53 (3.37, 26.97)

3.89 (1.29, 11.71)

 College and above

40

87

14.8 (5.12, 42.93)

3.91 (1.23, 12.36)

ANC

 No

12

241

1

1

 Yes

98

252

7.81 (4.18, 14.59)

2.28 (1.05, 4.95)

PNC

 No

54

404

1

1

 Yes

56

89

4.70 (3.03, 7.29)

2.08 (1.22, 3.59)

Place of delivery

 Health center

30

149

1

 

 Hospital

70

160

2.17 (1.34, 3.52)

 

 Home

10

184

0.27 (0.13, 0.57)

 

Radio

 No

15

150

1

 

 Yes

95

343

2.77 (1.55, 4.93)

 

Television

 No

11

222

1

1

 Yes

99

271

7.37 (3.86, 14.09)

3.49 (1.30, 9.39)

Wealth index

 Poor

8

199

1

 

 Medium

31

162

4.76 (2.12, 10.64)

 

 Rich

71

132

13.38 (6.23, 28.70)