Table 1.

Socio-demographic correlates of anemia in adolescent females

Factor	No. of subjects (n = 296)	Subjects with anemia (n = 104)		χ2	Degrees of freedom	p
		No.	%(Standard error)
SES
II (upper middle)	64	21	32.8 (5.86)
III (lower middle)	116	32	27.6 (4.15)
IV (upper lower)	116	51	43.9 (4.60)	6.96	2	0.029
Mothers educationa
Illiterate	13	10	76.9 (11.68)
Primary	80	40	50.0 (5.59)
Middle	72	20	27.8 (5.27)
SSC and above	124	33	26.6 (3.96)	22.9	3	0.000
Fathers educationb
Illiterate	21	15	71.4 (9.86)
Primary	24	14	58.3 (10.06)
Middle	28	14	50.0 (9.44)
SSC and above	201	52	25.8 (3.12)	28.0	3	0.000

^aMother of 7 subjects not alive, hence excluded.

^bFather of 22 subjects not alive, hence excluded