Table 4 Prevalence of anaemia among urban ever-married women with background characteristics, NFHS-5 (2019–21), India
From: Association between high-risk fertility behaviour and anaemia among urban Indian women (15–49 years)
Characteristics | Not Anaemic | Anaemic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
High-risk fertility behaviour | |||
No risk | 46.0 | 54.1 | < 0.001 |
Single high-risk | 41.6 | 58.4 | |
Multiple high-risk | 39.8 | 60.2 | |
Maternal Age | < 0.001 | ||
15–24 | 41.4 | 58.6 | |
25–34 | 45.8 | 54.2 | |
35–49 | 48.0 | 52.1 | |
Maternal education | < 0.001 | ||
No education | 40.1 | 59.9 | |
Primary | 39.0 | 61.1 | |
Secondary | 43.5 | 56.5 | |
Higher | 51.5 | 48.5 | |
Household member | 0.001 | ||
1–4 Members | 46.2 | 53.8 | |
5–6 Members | 45.4 | 54.6 | |
7 + Members | 43.0 | 57.0 | |
Caste | < 0.001 | ||
Schedule Caste | 40.0 | 60.0 | |
Schedule Tribe | 43.6 | 56.4 | |
Other Backward Class | 46.8 | 53.2 | |
Others | 45.8 | 54.3 | |
Religion | < 0.001 | ||
Hindu | 43.6 | 56.5 | |
Muslim | 48.4 | 51.6 | |
Christian | 55.9 | 44.2 | |
Others | 43.0 | 57.1 | |
Wealth Status | < 0.001 | ||
Poor | 36.0 | 64.0 | |
Middle | 40.3 | 59.7 | |
Rich | 47.8 | 52.2 | |
Region | < 0.001 | ||
North | 43.9 | 56.1 | |
Central | 45.1 | 54.9 | |
East | 32.6 | 67.4 | |
North-east | 45.1 | 54.9 | |
West | 44.8 | 55.2 | |
South | 54.0 | 46.0 | |
Maternal BMI | < 0.001 | ||
Underweight | 35.5 | 64.6 | |
Normal | 44.6 | 55.5 | |
Overweight | 48.9 | 51.1 | |
Obese | 50.4 | 49.6 | |
Women's height | < 0.001 | ||
< 145 cm | 39.9 | 60.1 | |
> 145 cm | 45.4 | 54.6 | |
Delivery Type | 0.001 | ||
Vaginal | 43.7 | 56.3 | |
C-section | 47.4 | 52.6 | |
Contraceptive use | < 0.001 | ||
Not using | 45.9 | 54.1 | |
Modern methods | 45.1 | 54.9 | |
Traditional methods | 41.0 | 59.0 | |
Total | 44.9 | 55.1 | |