Effect of educational intervention based on health belief model on mothers monitoring growth of 6–12 months child with growth disorders

Table 2 Frequency distribution of demographic characteristics of experimental and control groups (n = 120)

Variables		Experimental group		Control group		P-value
Variables		Number	Percentage	Number	Percentge	P-value
Mother’s occupation	Housewife	54	90	52	86.67	0.287
Mother’s occupation	Employed	6	10	8	13.33	0.287
Father’s occupation	Unemployed	4	6.67	2	3.34	0.194
	Employed	7	11.66	8	13.33
	Worker	15	25	20	33.33
	Self-employed	34	56.67	30	50
Monthly household income	< 30 million Rials	35	58.33	30	50	0.168
	30–50 million Rials	18	30	21	35
	>50 million Rials	7	11.67	9	15
Mother’s education	Primary school	8	13.33	5	8.33	0.228
	Secondary school	16	26.67	18	30
	High school	24	40	28	46.67
	College	12	20	9	15
Father’s education	Primary school	9	15	6	10	0.116
	Secondary school	12	20	18	30
	High school	30	50	21	35
	College	9	15	15	25
Children’s gender	Male	36	60	31	51.67	0.152
Children’s gender	Female	24	40	29	48.33	0.152
Number of children	1–2	29	48.33	31	51.67	0.175
	3–4	21	35	24	40
	> 4	10	16.67	5	8.33

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