Child Survival Strategies: Assessment of Knowledge and Practice of Rural Women of Reproductive Age in Cross River State, Nigeria

Table 6

Association between level of education and knowledge of child survival strategies.

Independent variable	Dependent variable		Test statistic	df
	Yes	No
Level of education	Growth monitoring
Nonformal	2 (16.7%)	10 (83.3%)
Primary	7 (31.8%)	15 (68.2%)	Chi square =; 9.568	3	0.022
Secondary	24 (38.7%)	38 (61.3%)
Tertiary	31 (57.4%)	23 (42.6%)
Level of education	Oral rehydration therapy
Nonformal	11 (91.7%)	1 (8.3%)
Primary	21 (95.5%)	1 (4.5%)	Fisher’s Exact Test	3	0.1289
Secondary	61 (98.4%)	1 (1.6%)
Tertiary	54 (100%)	0 (0%)
Level of education	Breastfeeding
Nonformal	6 (50%)	6 (50%)
Primary	12 (54.5%)	10 (45.5%)	Chi square =; 2.863	3	0.418
Secondary	38 (61.3%)	24 (38.7%)
Tertiary	38 (70.4%)	16 (29.6%)
Level of education	Immunization
Nonformal	6 (50%)	6 (50%)
Primary	12 (54.5%)	10 (45.5%)	Chi square =; 7.210	3	0.066
Secondary	40 (64.5%)	22 (35.5%)
Tertiary	43 (79.6%)	11 (20.4%)
Level of education	Family planning
Nonformal	4 (33.3%)	8 (66.7%)
Primary	5 (22.7%)	17 (77.3%)	Chi square =; 6.659	3	0.084
Secondary	27 (43.5%)	35 (56.5%)
Tertiary	29 (53.7%)	25 (46.3%)