Table 2 Percentage distribution of anemia among men by background characteristics, India, 2015–16
From: Socio-economic inequality in anaemia among men in India: a study based on cross-sectional data
Background Characteristics | Anaemia | p-value |
|---|---|---|
Men’s age (in years) | p < 0.001 | |
 15–19 | 29.2 |  |
 20–29 | 18.9 |  |
 30–39 | 21.0 |  |
 40–49 | 24.9 |  |
 50–54 | 30.3 |  |
Marital status | p < 0.001 | |
 Never married | 23.6 |  |
 Currently married | 23.2 |  |
Educational level | p < 0.001 | |
 No Education | 30.6 |  |
 Primary | 25.8 |  |
 Secondary | 23.1 |  |
 Higher | 16.5 |  |
Mass media | p < 0.001 | |
 No exposure | 32.2 |  |
 Exposure | 22.5 |  |
Body Mass Index | p < 0.001 | |
 Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2) | 32.2 |  |
 Normal (18.5–24.99 kg/m2) | 22.3 |  |
 Overweight (≥25 kg/m2) | 17.4 |  |
Tobacco use (smoke/smokeless) | p < 0.001 | |
 No | 22.6 |  |
 Yes | 24.2 |  |
Caste | p < 0.001 | |
 Scheduled caste | 24.3 |  |
 Scheduled tribe | 32.4 |  |
 Other backward class | 22.6 |  |
 Others | 20.8 |  |
Religion | p < 0.001 | |
 Hindu | 23.6 |  |
 Muslim | 21.3 |  |
 Others | 23.6 |  |
Wealth index | p < 0.001 | |
 Poorest | 32.5 |  |
 Poorer | 27.0 |  |
 Middle | 23.0 |  |
 Richer | 20.2 |  |
 Richest | 17.5 |  |
Place of residence | p < 0.001 | |
 Urban | 18.9 |  |
 Rural | 25.9 |  |
Region€ | p < 0.001 | |
 North | 20.4 |  |
 Central | 24.4 |  |
 East | 31.5 |  |
 Northeast | 24.9 |  |
 West | 19.6 |  |
 South | 20.2 |  |
 Total | 23.3 |  |