Table 5 Distribution of family knowledge regarding febrile convulsions according to respondent’s personal data and attitude
From: Perspectives of febrile convulsions among parents: a local cross-sectional study
Knowledge level | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Factors | Poor | Good | P value | ||
No | % | No | % | ||
Respondent | |||||
 Father | 123 | 96.1% | 5 | 3.9% | .301 |
 Mother | 630 | 93.8% | 42 | 6.3% |  |
Age in years | |||||
 18–30 | 191 | 96.5% | 7 | 3.5% |  |
 31–40 | 210 | 93.3% | 15 | 6.7% | .193 |
 41–50 | 231 | 94.7% | 13 | 5.3% |  |
 51–60 | 121 | 91.0% | 12 | 9.0% |  |
Educational level | |||||
 Below secondary | 16 | 100.0% | 0 | 0.0% | .049* |
 Secondary | 151 | 97.4% | 4 | 2.6% | |
 University/ above | 586 | 93.2% | 43 | 6.8% |  |
Mother job | |||||
 Housewife | 317 | 96.1% | 13 | 3.9% |  |
 Student | 58 | 95.1% | 3 | 4.9% | .010* |
 Health care worker | 28 | 82.4% | 6 | 17.6% |  |
 Non-health care worker | 350 | 93.3% | 25 | 6.7% |  |
Father job | |||||
 Not working | 74 | 94.9% | 4 | 5.1% | .685 |
 Health care worker | 55 | 91.7% | 5 | 8.3% | |
 Non-health care worker | 624 | 94.3% | 38 | 5.7% |  |
Children | |||||
 One child | 121 | 95.3% | 6 | 4.7% | .548 |
 > 1 child | 632 | 93.9% | 41 | 6.1% |  |