Research Article
Knowledge Level and Determinants of Neonatal Jaundice: A Cross-Sectional Study in the Effutu Municipality of Ghana
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
| | Parameter | Total | NNJ | No NNJ | value | | | |
| | Mother’s age (years) | | | | 0.700 | | Mother’s age group (years) | | | | 0.092 | | ≤20 | 14 (9.3) | 6 (6.0) | 8 (16.0) | | | 21–30 | 84 (56.0) | 61 (61.0) | 23 (46.0) | | | 31–40 | 49 (32.7) | 32 (32.0) | 17 (34.0) | | | >40 | 3 (2.0) | 1 (1.0) | 2 (4.0) | | | Sex of neonate | | | | 0.817 | | Male | 79 (52.7) | 52 (52.0) | 27 (54.0) | | | Female | 71 (47.3) | 48 (48.0) | 23 (46.0) | | | Mother’s occupation | | | | <0.001 | | None | 39 (26.0) | 23 (23.0) | 16 (32.0) | | | Informal | 48 (32.0) | 23 (23.0) | 25 (50.0) | | | Formal | 63 (42.0) | 54 (54.0) | 9 (18.0) | | | Residence | | | | 0.318 | | Town | 119 (79.3) | 77 (77.0) | 42 (84.0) | | | Village | 31 (20.7) | 23 (23.0) | 8 (16.0) | | | Marital status | | | | 0.211 | | Single | 55 (36.7) | 34 (34.0) | 21 (42.0) | | | Married | 94 (62.7) | 66 (66.0) | 28 (56.0) | | | Divorced | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.0) | | | Educational level (mother) | | | | 0.176 | | None | 3 (2.0) | 2 (2.0) | 1 (2.0) | | | Primary | 2 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.0) | | | JHS | 46 (30.7) | 31 (31.0) | 15 (30.0) | | | SHS | 66 (44.0) | 48 (48.0) | 18 (36.0) | | | Tertiary | 33 (22.0) | 19 (19.0) | 14 (28.0) | | | Educational level (father) | | | | 0.658 | | None | 1 (0.7) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | Primary | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | | | JHS | 15 (10.0) | 10 (10.0) | 5 (10.0) | | | SHS | 74 (49.3) | 52 (52.0) | 22 (44.0) | | | Tertiary | 60 (40.0) | 37 (37.0) | 23 (46.0) | |
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NNJ: neonatal jaundice.
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