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Table 2 Summary statistics of explanatory variables used in the analysis of UDAYA wave-1 and wave-2

From: Effect of change in individual and household level characteristics on anemia prevalence among adolescent boys and girls in India

Variables

Adolescent boys

 

Adolescent girls

 

wave-1

wave-2

p-value

wave-1

wave-2

p-value

Piped water source

96.0

92.5

 < 0.001

97.9

95.7

 < 0.001

Clean cooking fuel

20.5

32.0

 < 0.001

22.1

33.2

 < 0.001

Own flush/pit toilet

31.5

57.4

 < 0.001

35.3

56.7

 < 0.001

Mean age (years)

13.9

16.8

0.789

13.3

16.2

 < 0.001

Mean schooling (years)

6.7

8.8

0.090

6.2

8.3

 < 0.001

Underweight (BMI > 18.5)

86.2

66.8

 < 0.001

83.9

58.1

 < 0.001

Thinness

28.4

22.5

0.015

19.2

12.2

 < 0.001

Consumption of IFA tablets

23.8

27.5

0.173

25.8

32.2

 < 0.001

N

4216

4216

 

5974

5974

 
  1. BMI Body mass index, IFA Iron folic acid, wave-1 2015–16, wave-2 2018–19
  2. p-values are based on t-test and proportion test
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