Table 4.
Association between sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women at booking and anaemia in the study population.
| Characteristics | Anaemic (n) |
Nonanaemic (n) |
χ 2 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 2.6 | 0.77 | ||
| <20 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 20–24 | 35 | 22 | ||
| 25–29 | 91 | 74 | ||
| 30–34 | 64 | 65 | ||
| 35–39 | 23 | 19 | ||
| ≥40 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Marital Status | 2.9 | 0.23 | ||
| Single | 5 | 1 | ||
| Married | 211 | 182 | ||
| Separated | 1 | 0 | ||
| Parity | 9.2 | 0.06 | ||
| 0 | 96 | 72 | ||
| 1 | 56 | 60 | ||
| 2 | 38 | 26 | ||
| 3 | 17 | 23 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Education level | 17.6 | 0.00 | ||
| Primary/no formal | 11 (47.8) | 12 (52.2) | ||
| Secondary | 101 (67.8) | 48 (32.2) | ||
| Tertiary | 105 (46.0) | 123 (54.0) | ||
| Social class | 14.5 | 0.00 | ||
| 1 | 22 (40.0) | 33 (60.0) | ||
| 2 | 51 (52.0) | 47 (47.8) | ||
| 3 | 60 (50.4) | 59 (49.6) | ||
| 4 | 73 (68.2) | 34 (31.8) | ||
| 5 | 6 (42.9) | 8 (57.1) |