Table 4.
Prevalence of anemia among different Socioeconomic classes
Socio economic status (SES) | Anaemia status | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Moderate Anaemia | Mild Anaemia | Normal | ||
Upper, Upper Middle and Middle Class | 60 (69.8%) | 24 (27.9%) | 2 (2.3%) | 86 |
Lower Middle class | 135 (73.0%) | 35 (18.9%) | 15 (8.1%) | 185 |
Lower class | 410 (82.2%) | 60 (12%) | 29 (5.8%) | 499 |
Total | 605 | 119 | 46 | 770 |
X2 = 19.6201 DF = 4 p = 0.0006 |