Table 2.
Relation between iron deficiency (ID) and infants' parents' background characteristics
| Characteristic | No ID(%) | ID(%) | Total | χ2 | P values |
| Mother’s age | |||||
| ≤25 years | 55 (88.7) | 7 (11.3) | 62 | 0.778 | 0.678 |
| 26 –35 years | 182 (91.9) | 16 (8.1) | 198 | ||
| More than 35 years | 41 (89.1) | 5 (10.9) | 46 | ||
| Number of mother’s pregnancy (including miscarriage) | |||||
| <4 | 187 (91.2) | 18 (8.8) | 205 | 0.102 | 0.749 |
| >4 | 91 (90.1) | 10 (9.9) | 101 | ||
| Mother’s education level | |||||
| Illiterate | 6 (75.0) | 2 (25.0) | 8 | 3.598 | 0.165 |
| Up to secondary school | 91 (93.8) | 6 (6.2) | 97 | ||
| University educated and above | 181 (90.0) | 20 (10.0) | 201 | ||
| Father’s education level | |||||
| Up to secondary school | 93 (93.0) | 7 (7.0) | 100 | 0.826 | 0.246 |
| University educated and above | 185 (89.8) | 21 (10.2) | 206 | ||
| Mother’s employment status | |||||
| Housewife | 186 (87.3) | 27 (12.7) | 213 | 10.480 | ≤0.05 |
| Working job | 92 (98.9) | 1 (1.1) | 93 | ||
| Father’s occupation | |||||
| Manual worker | 31 (91.2) | 3 (8.8) | 34 | 1.904 | 0.593 |
| Clerk/administrative | 85 (87.6) | 12 (12.4) | 97 | ||
| Professional | 118 (92.9) | 9 (7.1) | 127 | ||
| Others | 44 (91.7) | 4 (8.3) | 48 | ||
| Total number of children in the family | |||||
| 1 | 81 (94.2) | 5 (5.8) | 86 | 2.140 | 0.343 |
| 2–3 | 134 (90.5) | 14 (9.5) | 148 | ||
| More than 3 | 63 (87.5) | 9 (12.5) | 72 | ||
| Family income in Qatari riyals (QRs) | |||||
| Up to10 000 QRs | 107 (82.9) | 22 (17.1) | 129 | 17.369 | ≤0.05 |
| 10 001–20 000 QRs | 99 (95.2) | 5 (4.8) | 104 | ||
| More than 20 000 QRs | 72 (98.6) | 1 (1.4) | 73 | ||