Research Article
Assessment of the Reproductive Health Status of Adult Prison Inmates in Osun State, Nigeria
Table 6
Relating sociodemographic characteristics of respondents with knowledge about reproductive health care.
| | Socio-demographic characteristics | Good knowledge | Poor knowledge | df | P value |
| | Age groups (years) | | | | | | <20 | 1 (10.0) | 9 (90.0) | 4 | 0.000 | | 20–29 | 31 (34.4) | 59 (65.6) | | 30–39 | 46 (55.4) | 37 (44.6) | | 40–49 | 18 (78.3) | 5 (21.7) | | 50 | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | | Sex | | | | | | Male | 93 (45.8) | 110 (54.2) | 1 | 0.017 | | Female | 5 (83.3) | 1 (16.7) | | Marital status | | | | | | Single | 28 (30.4) | 65 (69.6) | 3 | 0.000 | | Married | 28 (60.9) | 18 (39.1) | | Divorced | 17 (60.0) | 11 (40.0) | | Separated | 25 (59.5) | 17 (40.5) | | Educational status | | | | | | No formal education | 2 (7.1) | 26 (92.9) | 3 | 0.000 | | Primary | 11 (17.3) | 50 (82.7) | | Secondary | 57 (62.0) | 35 (38.0) | | Tertiary | 27 (96.4) | 1 (3.6) | | Occupation before incarceration | | | | | | Unemployed | 25 (28.4) | 63 (71.6) | 3 | 0.000 | | Unskilled | 23 (40.4) | 34 (59.6) | | Skilled | 33 (71.7) | 13 (28.3) | | Professional | 17 (94.4) | 1 (5.6) | | Family type | | | | | | Monogamous | 58 (44.6) | 72 (55.4) | 1 | 0.007 | | Polygamous |
53 (67.3) 79 | 26 (32.7) | | Duration of incarceration (years) | | | | | | 5 | 68 (42.2) | 93 (57.8) | 3 | 0.007 | | 6–10 | 25 (65.8) | 13 (34.2) | | 11–15 | 5 (55.6) | 4 (44.4) | | >15 | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) |
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