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Table 2 Association of participants’ features with knowledge regarding gross motor

From: Knowledge, attitude, and practices of parents regarding the red flags of developmental milestones in children aged 0–5 years in Karachi, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Groups

Knowledge status

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Adequate n(%)

Non-adequate n(%)

Age (in years)#

-

32 (28.3—36)

33 (29—37)

1 (0.95—1.05)

0.942

Total children#

-

2 (1 -2)

2 (1—3)

0.82 (0.60—1.12)

0.206

Gender

Male

16(9.2)

158(90.8)

0.81 (0.42—1.58)

0.536

Female

24(11.1)

192(88.9)

Ref

Residence

Urban

40(11.1)

321(88.9)

-

-

Rural

0(0)

29(100)

-

-

Language

Urdu

25(10.4)

216(89.6)

1.85 (0.24—14.56)

0.558

Punjabi

12(15.6)

65(84.4)

2.95 (0.36—24.41)

0.315

Sindhi

1(3.1)

31(96.9)

0.52 (0.03—12.52)

0.648

Pashto

1(4.3)

22(95.7)

0.73 (0.04—12.52)

0.826

Others

1(5.9)

16(94.1)

Ref

Education

Illiterate

1(5.6)

17(94.4)

0.35 (0.04—2.91)

0.329

Primary

1(2.6)

37(97.4)

0.16 (0.02—1.30)

0.086

Secondary

8(7)

107(93)

0.44 (0.17—1.18)

0.103

Graduate

20(13.3)

130(86.7)

0.91 (0.40—2.06)

0.817

Postgraduate

10(14.5)

59(85.5)

Ref

Family system

Joint

17(14)

104(86)

1.75 (0.90—3.41)

0.101

Nuclear

23(8.6)

246(91.4)

Ref

  1. CI Confidence interval, OR Odds ratio, Ref Reference category, # Non-normal data presented as median (inter-quartile range)