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Table 9 Association of participants’ features with adequate practice status

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

Practice status

OR (95% CI)

p-value

aOR (95% CI)

p-value

Satisfactory n(%)

Unsatisfactory n(%)

Age(in years)#

32 (28—36)

34 (29—39)

0.96 (0.93—0.993

*0.017

1 (0.95—1.06)

0.995

Number of children#

2 (1—3)

2 (2—3)

0.88 (0.73—1.04)

0.135

1.01 (0.77—1.34)

0.938

Gender

 Male

57(32.8)

117(67.2)

0.19 (0.12—0.29)

* < 0.001

0.20 (0.12—0.33)

** < 0.001

 Female

156(72.2)

60(27.8)

Ref

Ref

Residence

 Urban

191(52.9)

170(47.1)

0.36 (0.15—0.86)

*0.021

0.53 (0.19—1.45)

0.217

 Rural

22(75.9)

7(24.1)

Ref

Ref

Languages

 Urdu

143(59.3)

98(40.7)

1.02 (0.38—2.78)

0.967

1.07 (0.34—3.33)

0.903

 Punjabi

42(54.5)

35(45.5)

0.84 (0.29—2.43)

0.748

1.05 (0.32—3.42)

0.940

 Sindhi

13(40.6)

19(59.4)

0.48 (0.15—1.58)

0.228

0.78 (0.20—3.03)

0.718

 Pashto

5(21.7)

18(78.3)

0.19 (0.05—0.78)

*0.020

0.30 (0.06—1.42)

0.129

 Other regional language

10(58.8)

7(41.2)

Ref

Ref

Education

 Illiterate

8(44.4)

10(55.6)

0.48 (0.17—1.38)

0.175

0.22 (0.07—0.76)

*0.017

 Primary

17(44.7)

21(55.3)

0.49 (0.22—1.09)

0.081

0.47 (0.18—1.20)

0.115

 Secondary

52(45.2)

63(54.8)

0.50 (0.27—0.92)

*0.026

0.52 (0.26—1.04)

0.064

 Graduate

93(62)

57(38)

0.99 (0.54—1.78)

0.964

0.81 (0.42—1.57)

0.527

 Post-graduate

43(62.3)

26(37.7)

Ref

Ref

Family system

 Joint

81(66.9)

40(33.1)

2.1 (1.34—3.3)

**0.001

1.63 (0.96—2.75)

0.071

 Nuclear

132(49.1)

137(50.9)

Ref

Ref

  1. CI Confidence interval, OR Odd ratio, Ref Reference category, #Variables are expressed as median with inter-quartile range
  2. *Significant at p < 0.05
  3. **Significant at p < 0.01