Table 5 Association between demographic characteristics of the studied rural women and exclusive breastfeeding knowledge during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 178)
Variables | Poor Knowledge (n = 70) | Fair Knowledge (n = 61) | Good Knowledge (n = 47) | Significance test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | N | % | N | % | N | % | X2 | P |
Age (years) | ||||||||
  ≤ 20 | 16 | 22.9 | 2 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 |  |  |
 21 – 25 | 27 | 38.6 | 9 | 14.8 | 5 | 10.6 |  |  |
 26 – 30 | 12 | 17.1 | 40 | 65.6 | 39 | 83.0 |  |  |
  > 30 | 15 | 21.4 | 10 | 16.4 | 3 | 6.4 | 62.804 |  < 0.001** |
Education | ||||||||
 Secondary education | 52 | 74.3 | 7 | 11.5 | 0 | 0.0 |  |  |
 Institution | 15 | 21.4 | 15 | 24.6 | 3 | 6.4 |  |  |
 University or higher | 3 | 4.3 | 39 | 63.9 | 44 | 93.6 | 116.361 |  < 0.001** |
Occupation | ||||||||
 Working | 19 | 27.1 | 30 | 49.2 | 30 | 63.8 |  |  |
 Housewife | 51 | 72.9 | 31 | 50.8 | 17 | 36.2 | 16.198 |  < 0.001** |
Monthly income (L.E.) | ||||||||
  < 4000 | 17 | 24.3 | 9 | 14.8 | 1 | 2.1 |  |  |
 4000 – < 6000 | 49 | 70.0 | 49 | 80.3 | 46 | 97.9 |  |  |
 6000 – 10,000 | 4 | 5.7 | 3 | 4.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 14.380 | 0.006* |