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Table 5 Correlation coefficients between socio-economic position variables and p-values and crude associations between area-level and socio-economic position variables

From: Socio-economic factors associated with maternal health-seeking behaviours among women from poor households in rural Egypt

 

Socio-cultural resourcefulness

Economic resourcefulness

Dwelling quality

Woman´s status

A. Correlation coefficients between socio-economic position variables and p-values

Socio-cultural resourcefulness

1.0000

   

Economic resourcefulness

-0.0068 (0.749)

1.0000

  

Dwelling quality

0.1687 (<0.001)

0.0084 (0.691)

1.0000

 

Woman´s status

-0.0299 (0.157)

0.0411 (0.052)

0.0028 (0.896)

1.0000

B. Crude associations between area-level and socio-economic position variables

  

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Village size

Small (<6,500)

-0.016 (0.082)

-0.058 (0.078)

-0.105 (0.062)

0.085 (0.096)

 

Medium (6,500-14,499)

-0.048 (0.078)

0.165 (0.047)

-0.070 (0.087)

-0.063 (0.075)

 

Large (>14,500)

0.033 (0.084)

0.032 (0.062)

0.041 (0.054)

0.037 (0.048)

 

p-value

0.200

<0.001

<0.001

0.017

District size

Small (<249K)

-0.085 (0.065)

0.130 (0.042)

-0.080 (0.078)

-0.031 (0.046)

 

Medium (250K-349K)

-0.028 (0.093)

0.122 (0.061)

0.031 (0.048)

0.009 (0.102)

 

Large (>350K)

0.105 (0.095)

-0.067 (0.070)

0.003 (0.077)

0.066 (0.056)

 

p-value

<0.001

<0.001

0.009

0.096

Governorate

Assiut

0.018 (0.075)

-0.024 (0.050)

-0.012 (0.060)

0.019 (0.046)

 

Sohag

-0.033 (0.063)

0.185 (0.045)

-0.032 (0.054)

0.008 (0.066)

 

p-value

0.216

<0.001

0.564

0.791

  1. SE - standard error. P-value of ANOVA.