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Table 3 Association between selected socio-demographic and clinical characteristics with respondents’ knowledge on malaria

From: Knowledge of malaria prevention among pregnant women and non-pregnant mothers of children aged under 5 years in Ibadan, South West Nigeria

 

Mean

Standard deviation

Number

F-statistic

p value

Maternal grouping

 Pregnant women

3.80

0.47

292

2.48a

0.116

 Mothers of under-five

3.87

0.50

171

  

Age group

 < 24

4.12

1.27

207

1.506

0.222

 25–34

3.98

1.41

954

  

 35+

4.13

1.16

212

  

Socio-economic status

 Lower class

3.73

1.66

202

4.431

0.004

 Lower middle class

4.10

1.28

219

  

 Lowe upper class

4.10

1.26

833

  

 Upper class

3.95

1.38

115

  

Marital status

 Never married

4.31

1.52

42

30.725

0.000

 Married

4.08

1.26

1261

  

 Separated/widowed

2.83

2.13

70

  

Education

 No formal education

3.38

1.84

97

16.808

0.000

 Primary

3.38

1.79

81

  

 Secondary

4.07

1.28

709

  

 Tertiary

4.20

1.18

486

  

Gravidity status

 Prime-gravida

3.45

1.74

275

64.18a

0.000

 Multigravida

4.17

1.20

1098

  

HIV status

 Positive

4.35

0.88

20

17.691

0.000

 Negative

4.14

1.21

1045

  

 Not known

3.63

1.71

308

  

Blood group

 A

4.04

1.37

474

7.294

0.000

 B

3.70

1.56

264

  

 AB

4.06

1.26

117

  

 O

4.17

1.21

513

  

Genotype

 AA

4.10

1.26

940

2.9

0.034

 AS

3.86

1.60

312

  

 AC

3.89

1.35

90

  

 SS

3.86

1.24

28

  
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