Postpartum Exercise among Nigerian Women: Issues Relating to Exercise Performance and Self-Efficacy

Table 3

Association between socio-demographic characteristics and exercise self efficacy of the postpartum women.

Variable	𝑁	Exercise self efficacy scores		P-value
		Low to moderate	High
Current exercise programme
Yes	119	18 (15.1)	101 (84.9)	0.00001*
No	109	96 (88.1)	13 (11.9)
Age
≤30	118	26 (22.0)	92 (78.0)	0.00001*
>30	110	88 (80.0)	22 (20.0)
Religion
Christianity	147	70 (47.6)	77 (52.4)	0.2032
Islam	81	44 (54.3)	37 (45.7)
Marital status
Married	224	113 (50.4)	111 (49.6)	0.3108
Not married	4	1 (25.0)	3 (75.0)
Level of education
Not educated	3	0 (0.0)	3 (100.0)	0.1233
Educated	225	114 (50.7)	111 (49.3)
Employment status
Not employed	30	8 (26.7)	22 (73.3)	0.004*
Employed with wages	198	106 (53.5)	92 (46.5)
Hours of work (hours/week)
≤48	140	37 (26.4)	103 (73.6)	0.00001*
49 and above	88	77 (87.5)	11 (12.5)
Total monthly income in Naira
Less than 50,000	154	108 (70.1)	46 (29.9)	0.00001*
≥50,000–99,000	74	6 (8.1)	68 (91.9)
Number of pregnancies
1–3	196	110 (56.1)	86 (43.9)	0.00002*
4 and above	32	4 (12.5)	28 (87.5)
Number of children
1–3	183	91 (49.7)	92 (50.3)	0.5
4 and above	45	23 (51.1)	22 (48.9)

*: significant.