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Table 5 Association of participant features with knowledge of language milestone

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)#

-

34 (28—39)

33 (29—37)

1.03 (0.99—1.06)

0.156

Total children#

-

2 (1—3)

2 (1—3)

0.88 (1.07—1.31)

0.482

Gender

Male

46(26.4)

128(73.6)

1.13 (0.72—1.79)

0.593

Female

52(24.1)

164(75.9)

Ref

Residence

Urban

97(26.9)

264(73.1)

10.29 (1.38—76.64)

*0.023

Rural

1(3.4)

28(96.6)

Ref

Language

Urdu

62(25.7)

179(74.3)

2.60 (0.58—11.68)

0.213

Punjabi

26(33.8)

51(66.2)

3.82 (0.81—18)

0.090

Sindhi

7(21.9)

25(78.1)

2.10 (0.39—11.46)

0.391

Pashto

1(4.3)

22(95.7)

0.34 (0.03—4.11)

0.397

Others

2(11.8)

15(88.2)

Ref

Education

Illiterate

4(22.2)

14(77.8)

1.03 (0.30—3.59)

0.965

Primary

9(23.7)

29(76.3)

1.12 (0.44—2.87)

0.817

Secondary

26(22.6)

89(77.4)

1.05 (0.51—2.16)

0.891

Graduate

44(29.3)

106(70.7)

1.49 (0.76—2.92)

0.241

Postgraduate

15(21.7)

54(78.3)

Ref

Family system

Joint

22(18.2)

99(81.8)

0.56 (0.33—0.96)

*0.035

Nuclear

76(28.3)

193(71.7)

Ref

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