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. 2011 Sep 12;2011:381812. doi: 10.1155/2011/381812

Table 2.

Prevalence of anemia according to sociodemographic characteristics.

Variable Hb level (mg/dl) Anemia Total P value
Mean (SD) No Yes
Age (year) 0.361
 <25 11.3 (1.2) 120 (64.2) 67 (35.8) 178
 25–29.9 11.2 (1.2) 130 (62.2) 79 (37.8) 209
 ≥30 11.5 (1.1) 207 (86.1) 97 (31.9) 304
Number of family members 0.808
 Two 11.3 (1.2) 111 (67.3) 54 (32.7) 165
 Three 11.3 (1.1) 86 (63.2) 50 (36.8) 136
 Four 11.4 (1.1) 85 (67.5) 41 (32.5) 126
 ≥five 11.4 (1.1) 175 (64.1) 98 (35.9) 273
Education level 0.135
 ≤high school 11.3 (1.2) 300 (63.4) 173 (36.6) 473
 >high school 11.4 (1.1) 157 (69.2) 70 (30.8) 227
Husband education level 0.544
 ≤high school 11.4 (1.1) 348 (65.9) 180 (34.1) 528
 >high school 11.3 (1.3) 109 (63.4) 63 (36.6) 172
Income/per month (in Jordanian dinars, 1 JD = $1.41) 0.646
 ≤250 11.4 (1.1) 234 (66.1) 120 (33.9) 354
 >250 11.3 (1.2) 223 (64.5) 123 (35.5) 346
Employment 0.313
 Yes 11.3 (1.1) 389 (64.5) 214 (35.5) 603
 No 11.5 (1.1) 67 (69.8) 29 (30.2) 96
Smoking status of women 0.768
 Yes 11.3 (1.1) 11 (68.8) 5 (31.3) 16
 No 11.4 (1.1) 446 (65.2) 238 (34.8) 684
Smoking status of husband 0.950
 Yes 11.4 (1.2) 249 (65.2) 133 (34.8) 382
 No 11.3 (1) 208 (65.4) 110 (34.6) 318