Table 5 Association between participants’ socio-demographic characteristics and behaviours associated with adherence
Socio-demographic factors | Low adherence (3 or fewer high adherence answers) | High adherence (4 or more high adherence answers) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | ||
Age (years) | |||
≤ 29 | 64 (40.5) | 94 (59.5) | 0.000 |
30 ~ 49 | 81 (28.5) | 203 (71.5) | |
≥ 50 | 57 (20.4) | 223 (79.6) | |
Sex | |||
Male | 12 (17.1) | 58 (82.9) | 0.034 |
Female | 190 (29.1) | 462 (70.9) | |
Educational level | |||
Primary school and below | 68 (22.8) | 230 (77.2) | 0.003 |
Junior school | 87 (28.6) | 217 (71.4) | |
Senior school and above | 47 (39.2) | 73 (60.8) | |
Household income level (Yuan) | |||
< 10,000 | 15 (19.2) | 63 (80.8) | 0.189 |
10,000 ~ 30,000 | 111 (28.9) | 273 (71.1) | |
> 30,000 | 76 (29.2) | 184 (70.8) | |
Relation with child | |||
Parents | 128 (36.0) | 228 (64.0) | 0.000 |
Grandparents | 70 (19.9) | 281 (80.1) | |
Other | 4 (26.7) | 11 (73.3) | |
Number of child | |||
1 | 182 (27.6) | 477 (72.4) | 0.783 |
2 | 19 (31.7) | 41 (68.3) | |
3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | |
Age of child (years) | |||
< 3 | 86 (29.8) | 203 (70.2) | 0.384 |
≥ 3 | 116 (26.8) | 317 (73.2) | |
Sex of child | |||
Male | 122 (28.2) | 310 (71.8) | 0.848 |
Female | 80 (27.6) | 210 (72.4) | |