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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of the study population, India, 2015–16

From: Anaemia among mother-father-child pairs in India: examining co-existence of triple burden of anaemia in a family

Background variables

Percentage

Sample

Couple’s age

 Both young

7.0

1849

 Both old

67.4

19,014

 Others

25.7

6047

Couple’s education

 Both uneducated

12.2

3517

 Both educated

67.3

17,595

 Anyone educated

20.5

5798

Couple’s employment

 Both unemployed

7.0

1949

 Both employed

16.7

4618

 Anyone employed

76.2

20,343

Caste

 Scheduled Caste

20.6

5034

 Scheduled Tribe

11.0

5625

 Other Backward Class

44.6

10,260

 Others

23.7

5991

Religion

 Hindu

79.7

19,495

 Muslim

15.5

4246

 Others

4.7

3169

Wealth quintile

 Poor

43.8

12,735

 Middle

21.2

5613

 Rich

35.0

8562

Place of residence

 Urban

31.0

6954

 Rural

69.0

19,956

Region

 North

13.4

5446

 Central

25.1

7339

 East

21.9

4843

 Northeast

3.5

3747

 West

15.7

2483

 South

20.4

3052