Table 2 Knowledge of PMTCT among married women across explanatory/control variable/s: evidence from 24 sub-Saharan African countries
Variables | Number (Weighted %) | Knowledge of PMTCT (Weighted %) | χ2, P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | |||
Age in years | χ2 = 44.22, p < 0.01 | |||
15–19 | 9677 (6.6) | 42.9 | 57.1 | |
20–24 | 28,115 (19.8) | 33.3 | 66.7 | |
25–29 | 34,039 (23.3) | 26.9 | 73.1 | |
30–34 | 30,173 (17.8) | 26.7 | 73.3 | |
35–39 | 25,257 (14.3) | 29.4 | 70.6 | |
40–44 | 17,879 (11.6) | 31.2 | 68.8 | |
45–49 | 13,185 (6.6) | 33.7 | 66.3 | |
Women’s educational level | χ2 = 171.20, p < 0.001 | |||
No formal education | 61,569 (15.9) | 41.3 | 58.7 | |
Primary school | 54,459 (37.6) | 36.9 | 63.1 | |
Secondary school | 36,708 (40.7) | 21.7 | 78.3 | |
Higher | 5580 (5.8) | 20.5 | 79.5 | |
Husband educational level | χ2 = 151.71, p < 0.001 | |||
No formal education | 54,797 (14.4) | 37.5 | 62.5 | |
Primary school | 44,344 (19.5) | 43.5 | 56.5 | |
Secondary school | 46,039 (55.7) | 26.2 | 73.9 | |
Higher | 12,160 (10.4) | 19.6 | 80.4 | |
Women occupation | χ2 = 267.52, p < 0.001 | |||
Not working | 38,332 (28.1) | 28.3 | 71.7 | |
Professional or technical or managerial | 6,356 (7.4) | 22.8 | 77.2 | |
Agricultural | 60,068 (17.0) | 53.2 | 46.8 | |
Manual | 12,210 (4.0) | 18.4 | 81.6 | |
Others | 41,268 (43.5) | 25.4 | 74.6 | |
Wealth index | χ2 = 487.16, p < 0.001 | |||
Poorest | 32,271 (9.1) | 56.4 | 43.6 | |
Poor | 32,157 (13.0) | 53.6 | 46.4 | |
Middle | 31,379 (22.0) | 32.8 | 67.2 | |
Rich | 30,543 (27.4) | 23.6 | 76.4 | |
Richest | 31,975 (28.5) | 16.4 | 83.6 | |
Parity | χ2 = 27.98, p < 0.01 | |||
Zero | 10,052 (3.4) | 41.5 | 58.5 | |
1–2 | 49,247 (32.0) | 27.4 | 72.6 | |
3–4 | 44,621 (30.3) | 28.8 | 71.2 | |
5+ | 54,405 (34.3) | 33.7 | 66.3 | |
Barriers to access healthcare | χ2 = 26.71, p < 0.01 | |||
No | 54,376 (33.6) | 25.8 | 74.2 | |
Yes | 103,869 (66.4) | 32.8 | 67.2 | |
Religion | χ2 = 3.91, p = 0.5948 | |||
Christian | 95,283 (94.9) | 30.2 | 69.8 | |
Muslim | 56,586 (0.4) | 33.2 | 66.8 | |
Others | 3,893 (0.7) | 33.5 | 66.5 | |
No religion | 2,972 (4.1) | 36.4 | 63.6 | |
Place of residence | χ2 = 321.07, p < 0.001 | |||
Urban | 53,452 (79.4) | 24.6 | 75.4 | |
Rural | 104,873 (20.6) | 53.1 | 46.9 | |
Mass media exposure | χ2 = 127.13, p < 0.001 | |||
No | 61,784 (15.7) | 47.3 | 52.7 | |
Yes | 96,304 (84.3) | 27.4 | 72.6 | |
Decision making | χ2 = 65.91, p < 0.001 | |||
No | 88,505 (32.8) | 37.9 | 62.1 | |
Yes | 69,693 (67.2) | 26.8 | 73.2 | |