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Table 7 Association of participants’ features with adequate attitude

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

Attitude status

OR (95% CI)

p-value

aOR (95% CI)

p-value

Positive n(%)

Negative n(%)

Age#

33 (28—37)

33 (29—37)

1 (0.97—1.04)

0.974

-

-

Number of children#

2 (1—3)

2 (1—3)

0.90 (0.74—1.09)

0.266

-

-

Gender

 male

40(23)

134(77)

0.57 (0.37—0.90)

*0.016

0.62 (0.39—0.98)

*0.041

 female

74(34.3)

142(65.7)

Ref

Ref

Residence

 urban

102(28.3)

259(71.7)

0.56 (0.26—1.21)

0.139

0.71 (0.32—1.59)

0.405

 rural

12(41.4)

17(58.6)

Ref

Ref

Languages

 Urdu

67(27.8)

174(72.2)

0.92 (0.31—2.72)

0.886

-

-

 Punjabi

29(37.7)

48(62.3)

1.45 (0.46—4.54)

0.523

-

-

 Sindhi

8(25)

24(75)

0.80 (0.22—2.98)

0.739

-

-

 Pashto

5(21.7)

18(78.3)

0.67 (0.16—2.81)

0.581

-

-

 Others

5(29.4)

12(70.6)

Ref

Ref

Education

 Illiterate

4(22.2)

14(77.8)

0.58 (0.17—1.93)

0.368

-

-

 Primary

14(36.8)

24(63.2)

1.17 (0.51—2.67)

0.715

-

-

 Secondary

27(23.5)

88(76.5)

0.61 (0.32—1.19)

0.147

-

-

 Graduate

46(30.7)

104(69.3)

 

0.693

-

-

 Postgraduate

23(33.3)

46(66.7)

Ref

Ref

Family system

 Joint

43(35.5)

78(64.5)

1.54 (0.97—2.44)

0.067

1.36 (0.84—2.20)

0.207

 Nuclear

71(26.4)

198(73.6)

Ref

Ref

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