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Table 6 Percentage of KAP GAP according to different characteristics

From: Knowledge, attitude and practice GAP in family planning usage: an analysis of selected cities of Uttar Pradesh

Background characteristics

Agra

Aligarh

Allahabad

Gorakhpur

Moradabad

Varanasi

Total

28.9

30.4

24.5

28.2

20.7

34.0

Age group

 15–19

47.5

54.5

28.4

54.3

51.9

50.2

 20–24

35.5

44.4

37.6

33.2

34.4

44.3

 25–29

20.5

29.6

26.6

31.4

19.7

31.5

 30–34

27.1

25.7

21.2

17.7

10.5

26.7

 35–49

31.8

25.8

18.7

29.2

22.7

35.5

 

(χ2 = 44.37, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 35.83, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 42.42, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 31.10, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 39.92, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 28.49, p = 0.000)

Educational status

 No education

39.7

41.3

49.4

36.9

29.6

45.6

 Primary education

34.3

30.6

20.6

23.8

21.9

36.1

 Secondary education

23.6

26.6

19.6

21.2

16.9

33.5

 Higher education

18.1

14.5

15.5

24.6

13.6

18.3

 

(χ2 = 63.51, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 100.10, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 107.74, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 17.45, p = 0.001)

(χ2 = 43.01, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 60.30, p = 0.000)

Place of residence

 Non-slum

27.6

29.4

23.3

27.5

19.3

32.6

 Slum

33.1

32.3

34.9

35.2

30.2

37.5

 

(χ2 = 6.35, p = 0.007)

(χ2 = 0.70, p = 0.223)

(χ2 = 12.06, p = 0.001)

(χ2 = 3.64, p = 0.037)

(χ2 = 7.34, p = 0.006)

(χ2 = 3.88, p = 0.028)

No of living children

 No child

58.6

54.9

45.9

83

66.3

57.2

 One child

29.4

32.7

23.1

23.7

22.1

35.6

 Two children

24.1

21.4

16.6

24

17.9

25.5

 Three children

27.5

27.2

26.3

22.5

15.6

31.9

 Four & more than 4 children

33

34.7

37.7

36.8

22.6

40.8

 

(χ2 = 19.02, p = 0.001)

(χ2 = 26.39, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 52.31, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 56.21, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 49.73, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 48.38, p = 0.000)

Religion

 Non muslim

28.1

26.1

22.1

27.3

20.2

29.7

 Muslim

33.6

37.5

33.4

31.6

21.4

45.8

 

(χ2 = 4.06, p = 0.044)

(χ2 = 11.54, p = 0.001)

(χ2 = 18.84, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 0.25, p = 0.613)

(χ2 = 1.03, p = 0.308)

(χ2 = 26.11, p = 0.000)

Caste

 Sc/St

32.6

31.9

35.5

31.9

25

42.2

 OBC

32.7

35.7

24.3

31.1

22.3

35.8

 Others

22.8

23.9

21.4

24

17.4

28.2

 

(χ2 = 16.95, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 15.38, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 22.86, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 11.91, p = 0.003)

(χ2 = 8.29, p = 0.016)

(χ2 = 11.42, p = 0.003)

Wealth index

 Poor

35.9

43.5

38.4

34.1

29.2

42.1

 Medium

32.7

27.6

27

27.8

23.2

36.6

 Rich

21.4

20.3

16.6

24.1

13.4

26

 

(χ2 = 29.16, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 63.13, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 69.96, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 38.61, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 51.16, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 42.91, p = 0.000)

Media exposure

 No exposure

39.8

42.7

33.7

37

29.1

44.6

 Exposure to at least one form of media

25.4

22.1

21.8

25.8

17

31.1

 

(χ2 = 29.32, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 74.44, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 28.72, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 37.59, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 21.78, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 32.02, p = 0.000)

Husband education

 Not educated

41.7

42.8

45.5

36.8

29.4

43.1

 Educated

26.1

27

22.7

27.3

18.5

31.8

 

(χ2 = 26.26, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 21.98, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 52.58, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 17.48, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 26.35, p = 0.000)

(χ2 = 19.30, p = 0.000)