Table 3.
Anthropometric status at 3 weeks post- partum by predisposing and enabling factors in mothers’ during pregnancy at 7 months of gestational age (n = 593)
| |
|
WHZ>-2 |
WAZ<-2 |
HAZ<-2 |
Birth weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Predisposing/enabling |
|
% (n) |
% (n) |
% (n) |
<2500gram |
| % (n) | |||||
| Place of residence: |
Urban |
2.2 (3) |
9.4 (13) |
10.0 (15) |
8.0 (7) |
| |
Rural |
1.9 (8) |
6.0 (27) |
9.8 (44) |
8.1 (10) |
| Age: |
≤ 20 yr |
4.2 (6) |
9.2 (14) |
8.5 (13) |
7.4 (4) |
| |
21-30 yr |
1.7 (5) |
5.9 (18) |
9.6 (29) |
9.5 (11) |
| |
31-45 yr |
0.0 (0)* |
6.6 (8) |
12.2 (159 |
7.7 (3) |
| Education: |
Low |
2.6(9) |
6.5 (24) |
8.4 (31) |
10.4 (11) |
| |
High |
1.3 (2) |
8.6 (15) |
12.6 (22) |
7.4 (79 |
| Parity: |
One child or more |
2.1 (9) |
5.7 (26) |
9.6 (44) |
8.3 (12) |
| |
None |
1.6 (2) |
10.8 (14)* |
9.9 (139 |
9.4 (6) |
| Attended antenatal care: |
No |
5.7 (8) |
5.3 (8) |
8.7 (13) |
7.3 (3) |
| |
Yes |
0.7 (3)** |
7.4 (32) |
10.2 (44) |
9.1 (15) |
| Received Information about own teeth: |
No |
2.3 (9) |
5.7 (23) |
8.4 (34) |
7.7 (11) |
| Yes | 1.4 (2) | 10.8 (16)* | 12.8 (19) | 12.9 (8) |
* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.