Level of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Pregnant Women on Antenatal Care in Amatere Health Center, Massawa, Eritrea: A Cross-Sectional Study, 2019

Table 5

Association between background of pregnant women and level of knowledge and attitude in Amatere Health Center, Massawa.

Variables	Comprehensive knowledge		value	Comprehensive attitude		value
Responses	Good (%)	Poor (%)		Good (%)	Poor (%)
Age (years)
<20	13 (65.0)	7 (35.0)	0.011	19 (95.0)	1 (5.0)	0.128
20-29	141 (82.5)	30 (17.5)		169 (98.8)	2 (1.2)
30-39	89 (90.8)	9 (9.2)		98 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Marital status
Married	234 (86.3)	37 (13.7)	0.001	269 (99.3)	2 (0.7)	0.127
Single	8 (47.1)	9 (52.9)		16 (94.1)	1 (5.9)
Divorced	1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)		1 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Ethnicity
Tigrigna	64 (91.4)	6 (8.6)	0.014	69 (98.6)	1 (1.4)	0.119
Afar	12 (70.6)	5 (29.4)		16 (94.1)	1 (5.9)
Tigre	130 (86.1)	21 (13.9)		151 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Saho	20 (66.7)	10 (33.3)		29 (96.7)	1 (3.3)
Other	17 (81.0)	4 (19.0)		21 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Religion
Christian	65 (90.3)	7 (9.7)	0.097	71 (98.6)	1 (1.4)	0.735
Muslim	178 (82.0)	39 (18.0)		215 (99.1)	2 (0.9)
Occupation
Housewife	192 (86.1)	31 (13.9)	0.001	222 (99.6)	1 (0.4)	0.114
Self-employed	16 (94.1)	1 (5.9)		17 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Governmental	28 (90.3)	3 (9.7)		30 (96.8)	1 (3.2)
Single-unemployed	7 (38.9)	11 (61.1)		17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)
Level of education of respondent
No formal education	49 (80.3)	12 (19.7)	0.609	61 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.305
Primary	65 (86.7)	10 (13.3)		74 (98.7)	1 (1.3)
Middle	69 (82.1)	15 (17.9)		83 (98.8)	1 (1.2)
High school	43 (84.3)	8 (15.7)		51 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Tertiary	17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)		17 (94.4)	1 (5.6)
Husband’s education
No formal education	48 (85.7)	8 (14.3)	0.357	56 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0.558
Primary	26 (74.3)	9 (25.7)		34 (97.1)	1 (2.9)
Middle	56 (82.4)	12 (17.6)		68 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
High school	67 (89.3)	8 (10.7)		74 (98.7)	1 (1.3)
Tertiary	37 (82.2)	8 (17.8)		44 (97.8)	1 (2.2)
Gravid
One	29 (48.3)	31 (51.7)	0.001	57 (95.0)	3 (5.0)	0.174
Two-four	140 (93.3)	10 (6.7)		150 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
>Four	73 (93.6)	5 (6.4)		78 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Parity
Zero	32 (50.0)	32 (50.0)	0.001	61 (95.3)	3 (4.7)	0.157
One-four	187 (94.9)	10 (5.1)		197 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
>Four	23 (85.1)	4 (14.9)		27 (100.0)	0 (0.0)
Total	243 (84.1)	46 (15.9)		285 (99.0)	3 (1.0)