Table 5 Prevalence of anaemia in the forms of high-risk fertility behaviour among urban ever-married Indian women with background characteristics

Maternal Age

 15–24

57.0

64.0

68.7

 25–34

53.1

58.5

59.3

 35–49

50.3

50.7

59.7

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.001

Maternal education

 No education

58.5

62.0

60.5

 Primary

60.3

62.4

62.9

 Secondary

55.9

58.7

58.5

 Higher

48.3

49.8

59.6

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.102

Household member

0.2

 1–4 Members

53.3

56.4

53.8

 5–6 Members

53.5

57.7

60.3

 7 + Members

55.5

60.4

60.8

 p-value

0.052

0.152

0.180

Caste

 Schedule Caste

59.1

63.0

60.8

 Schedule Tribe

54.6

60.0

67.6

 Other Backward Class

51.8

57.7

59.5

 Others

53.6

55.6

61.3

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.385

Religion

 Hindu

55.3

60.0

66.2

 Muslim

50.1

55.3

52.5

 Christian

43.5

45.2

55.4

 Others

56.4

61.1

48.0

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Wealth Status

 Poor

63.8

64.3

64.7

 Middle

59.0

61.3

61.9

 Rich

51.5

55.2

54.6

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Region

 North

55.1

58.8

61.4

 Central

53.8

58.3

56.8

 East

66.9

69.5

64.6

 North-east

56.0

50.5

52.2

 West

54.0

58.1

65.1

 South

45.1

49.3

53.3

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

0.002

Maternal BMI

 Underweight

63.1

68.6

70.8

 Normal

54.5

58.5

57.9

 Overweight

49.6

55.0

63.8

 Obese

49.5

50.1

49.0

 p-value

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Women's height

 < 145 cm

59.1

60.7

70.7

 > 145 cm

53.5

58.1

58.2

 p-value

< 0.001

0.002

0.110

Delivery Type

 Vaginal

54.8

60.0

62.0

 C-section

52.7

53.0

45.9

 p-value

0.159

0.008

0.002

Contraceptive use

0.1

 Not using

52.6

59.6

58.4

 Modern methods

54.1

56.8

61.1

 Traditional methods

58.2

61.5

60.9

 p-value

< 0.001

0.126

0.551

Total

54.1

58.4

60.2