Research Article
Knowledge and Attitude of Nigerian Pregnant Women towards Antenatal Exercise: A Cross-Sectional Survey
Table 8
Chi-square test of association between attitude of respondents towards exercise and respondents’ characteristics.
| | NA | PA | | -value |
| Age group | | | | | <30 years | 24 (74.5%) | 95 (59.4%) | 4.439 | 0.035* | ≥30 years | 6 (25.5%) | 64 (40.6%) | | Educational qualification | | | | | Primary | 3 (10.0%) | 7 (4.4%) | 5.708 | 0.058 | Secondary | 12 (40.0%) | 38 (23.9%) | | Tertiary | 15 (50.0%) | 114 (71.7%) | | Occupation | | | | | Home maker | 8 (26.7%) | 17 (10.7%) | 10.400 | 0.034* | Trading/business | 12 (40.0%) | 82 (51.6%) | | Civil/public service | 3 (10.0%) | 38 (23.9%) | | Schooling | 6 (20.0%) | 15 (9.4%) | | Not specified | 1 (3.3%) | 7 (4.4%) | | Parity | | | | | Nulliparous | 5 (16.7%) | 33 (20.8%) | 2.582 | 0.275 | Primiparous | 15 (50.0%) | 55 (34.6%) | | Multiparous | 10 (33.3%) | 71 (44.7%) | |
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Key: NA: negative attitude; PA: positive attitude; *Significance at .
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