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Table 2 Socio-demographic profile of mothers who completed or did not complete the infant hearing screening programme

From: Community-based infant hearing screening in a developing country: parental uptake of follow-up services

Profile

Two-stage screening

Diagnosis

 

Did not complete (%)

n = 148

Completed (%)

n = 137

Did not complete (%)

n = 32

Completed (%)

n = 50

Age (Years)

    

   <20

3 (2.0)

2 (1.5)

1 (3.1)

1 (2.0)

   20 – 35

129 (87.2)

117 (86.7)

30 (93.8)

41 (82.0)

   >35

16 (10.8)

16 (11.9)

1 (3.1)

8 (16.0)

Mean [Standard deviation]

28.05 [5.13]a

28.31 [5.57]b

25.34 [4.34]c

29.23 [5.77]d

Ethnicity

    

   Hausa

5 (3.4)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.0)

   Ibo

15 (10.1)

7 (5.1)

2 (6.3)

2 (4.0)

   Yoruba

126 (85.1)

128 (93.4)

30 (93.8)

47 (94.0)

   Other

2 (1.4)

1 (0.7)

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Marital status

    

   Not Married

4 (2.7)

2 (1.5)

1 (3.1)

0 (0.0)

   Married

144 (97.3)

135 (98.5)

31 (96.9)

50 (100.0)

Parity

    

   Primiparous

51 (34.5)

57 (41.6)

15 (46.9)

21 (42.0)

   Multiparous

97 (65.5)

80 (58.4)

17 (53.1)

29 (58.0)

Religion

    

   Christianity

49 (33.1)

32 (23.4)

10 (31.3)

8 (16.0)

   Islam

99 (66.9)

105 (76.6)

22 (68.8)

42 (84.0)

Religion of spouse

    

   Christianity

48 (32.4)

36 (26.3)

9 (28.1)

8 (16.0)

   Islam

100 (67.6)

101 (73.7)

23 (71.9)

42 (84.0)

Education

    

   None

3 (2.0)

5 (3.6)

1 (3.1)

2 (4.0)

   Primary

22 (14.9)

25 (18.2)

4 (12.5)

11 (22.0)

   Secondary

103 (69.6)

95 (69.3)

24 (75.0)

32 (64.0)

   Tertiary

20 (13.5)

12 (8.8)

3 (9.4)

5 (10.0)

Education of spouse

    

   None

0 (0.0)

4 (2.9)

1 (3.1)

2 (4.0)

   Primary

5 (3.4)

5 (3.6)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.0)

   Secondary

98 (66.2)

99 (72.3)

24 (75.0)

37 (74.0)

   Tertiary

45 (30.4)

29 (21.2)

7 (21.9)

10 (20.0)

Occupation

    

   None

24 (16.2)

15 (10.9)

5 (10.0)

5 (15.6)

   Small trade

88 (59.5)

81 (59.1)

34 (68.0)

21 (65.6)

   Casual job

4 (2.7)

8 (5.8)

2 (4.0)

2 (6.3)

   Full-time job

32 (21.6)

33 (24.1)

9 (18.0)

4 (12.5)

Occupation of spouse

    

   None

7 (4.7)

1 (1.0)

1 (3.2)

0 (0.0)

   Small trade

33 (22.3)

18 (17.5)

7 (22.6)

3 (17.6)

   Casual job

3 (2.0)

7 (6.8)

1 (3.2)

3 (17.6)

   Full-time job

105 (70.9)

77 (74.8)

22 (71.0)

11 (64.7)

  1. (a) versus (b): t = 0.41, df = 281, p = 0.683; (c) versus (d): t = 3.25, df = 78, p = 0.002