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Table 4 Association of participant features with knowledge of social milestones

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)#

-

31 (28—37)

33 (29—37)

0.99 (0.94—1.05)

0.864

Total children#

-

2 (1—3)

2 (1—3)

0.87 (0.63—1.18)

0.359

Gender

Male

16(9.2)

158(90.8)

0.89 (0.45—1.76)

0.743

Female

22(10.2)

194(89.8)

Ref

Residence

Urban

36(10)

325(90)

1.50 (0.34—6.55)

0.593

Rural

2(6.9)

27(93.1)

Ref

Language

Urdu

24(10)

217(90)

1.77 (0.23—13.94)

0.588

Punjabi

9(11.7)

68(88.3)

2.12 (0.25—17.94)

0.491

Sindhi

2(6.3)

30(93.8)

1.07 (0.09—12.69)

0.959

Pashto

2(8.7)

21(91.3)

1.52 (0.13—18.32)

0.740

Others

1(5.9)

16(94.1)

Ref

Education

Illiterate

1(5.6)

17(94.4)

0.62 (0.07—5.48)

0.665

Primary

1(2.6)

37(97.4)

0.28 (0.03—2.45)

0.252

Secondary

13(11.3)

102(88.7)

1.33 (0.48—3.70)

0.574

Graduate

17(11.3)

133(88.7)

1.34 (0.51—3.57)

0.555

Postgraduate

6(8.7)

63(91.3)

Ref

Family system

Joint

16(13.2)

105(86.8)

1.71 (0.86—3.34)

0.123

Nuclear

22(8.2)

247(91.8)

Ref

  1. CI Confidence interval, OR Odd ratio, Ref Reference category, # Variables are expressed as median with inter-quartile range