highly significantP < 0.01
Similarly, a highly significant association was noticed between mothers practice with baseline maternal characteristics such as age χ 2 = 23.13 ( P < 0.01), education χ 2 = 12.80 ( P = 0.005), residence χ 2 = 7.97 ( P = 0.005), number of children χ 2 = 54.64 ( P < 0.01), type of delivery χ 2 = 7.32 ( P = 0.007), parity χ 2 = 85.60 ( P < 0.01), and previous exposure to preterm care χ 2 = 7.1 ( P = 0.008).