Table 3 Relationship between maternal growth monitoring knowledge and stunting, wasting and underweight
Characteristic | Stunting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stunted N = 32 (%) | Not stunted N = 308 (%) | Total N = 340 (%) | p-value | |
Knowledge level | ||||
Poor knowledge | 3 (7.1) | 39 (92.9) | 42 (100) | 0.781 |
Good knowledge | 29 (9.7) | 269 (90.3) | 298 (100) | |
Characteristic | Underweight | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Underweight N = 61 (%) | Not underweight N = 279 (%) | Total N = 340 (%) | p-value | |
Knowledge level | ||||
Poor knowledge | 9 (21.4) | 33 (78.6) | 42 (100) | 0.529 |
Good knowledge | 52 (17.4) | 246 (82.6) | 298 (100) | |
Characteristic | Wasting | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Wasted N = 88 (%) | Not wasted 252 (%) | Total N = 340 (%) | p-value | |
Knowledge level | ||||
Poor knowledge | 10 (23.8) | 32 (76.2) | 42 (100) | 0.743 |
Good knowledge | 78 (26.2) | 220 (73.8) | 298 (100) | |