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

Table 7

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

Independent variable	Dependent variable		Test statistic	df
	Yes	No
Level of education	⁢Attended antenatal care
Nonformal	6 (50%)	6 (50%)
Primary	13 (59.1%)	9 (40.9%)	Chi square =; 1.325	3	0.734
Secondary	38 (61.3%)	24 (38.7%)
Tertiary	36 (66.7%)	18 (33.3%)
Level of education	⁢Child received immunizations
Nonformal	8 (66.7%)	4 (33.3%)
Primary	17 (77.3%)	5 (22.7%)	Fisher’s Exact Test	3	0.001
Secondary	58 (93.5%)	4 (6.5%)
Tertiary	54 (100%)	0 (0%)
Level of education	⁢Interval between deliveries≥2 years
Nonformal	3 (25%)	9 (75%)
Primary	12 (54.5%)	10 (45.5%)	Chi square =; 24.889	3	0.000
Secondary	49 (79%)	13 (21%)
Tertiary	47 (87%)	7 (13%)
Level of education	⁢Exclusive breastfeeding
Nonformal	10 (83.3%)	2 (16.7%)
Primary	17 (77.3%)	5 (22.7%)	Chi square =; 0.733	3	0.884
Secondary	46 (74.2%)	16 (25.8%)
Tertiary	39 (72.2%)	15 (27.8%)
Level of education	⁢Being given antimalarial medicine during pregnancy
Nonformal	7 (58.3%)	5 (41.7%)
Primary	16 (72.7%)	6 (27.3%)	Fisher’s Exact Test	3	0.023
Secondary	55 (88.7%)	7 (11.3%)
Tertiary	48 (88.9%)	6 (11.1%)