Table 1 Descriptive statistics of sociodemographic and biomarker characteristics of the urban ever-married women in India (N = 44,225)
From: Association between high-risk fertility behaviour and anaemia among urban Indian women (15–49 years)
Characteristics | Weighted (Sample) | % |
|---|---|---|
Maternal Age | ||
15–24 | 11,666 | 26.4 |
25–34 | 28,268 | 63.9 |
35–49 | 4,291 | 9.7 |
Maternal education | ||
No education | 5,084 | 11.5 |
Primary | 4,178 | 9.5 |
Secondary | 22,890 | 51.8 |
Higher | 12,073 | 27.3 |
Household member | ||
1–4 Members | 13,154 | 29.7 |
5–6 Members | 16,774 | 37.9 |
7 + Members | 14,298 | 32.3 |
Caste | ||
Schedule Caste | 8,990 | 21.4 |
Schedule Tribe | 1,908 | 4.5 |
Other Backward Class | 19,369 | 46.1 |
Others | 11,767 | 28.0 |
Missing | 2,191 | - |
Religion | ||
Hindu | 32,685 | 73.9 |
Muslim | 9,553 | 21.6 |
Christian | 1,007 | 2.3 |
Others | 981 | 2.2 |
Wealth Status | ||
Poor | 6,075 | 13.7 |
Middle | 7,837 | 17.7 |
Rich | 30,313 | 68.5 |
Region | ||
North | 6,996 | 15.8 |
Central | 9,452 | 21.4 |
East | 7,659 | 17.3 |
North-east | 906 | 2.1 |
West | 8,419 | 19.0 |
South | 10,793 | 24.4 |
Maternal BMI | ||
Underweight | 5,461 | 12.4 |
Normal | 25,341 | 57.4 |
Overweight | 9,585 | 21.7 |
Obese | 3,740 | 8.5 |
Missing | 98 | - |
Women's height | ||
< 145 cm | 4,071 | 9.2 |
> 145 cm | 40,108 | 90.8 |
Missing | 46 | - |
Delivery Type | ||
Vaginal | 30,109 | 68.1 |
C-section | 14,116 | 31.9 |
Contraceptive use | ||
Not using | 16,038 | 36.3 |
Modern methods | 22,374 | 50.6 |
Traditional methods | 5,813 | 13.1 |
Total | 44,225 | 100.0 |