Table 3.
Univariate analysis of factors associated with anemia at 6 weeks postpartum (n=227)
| Characteristic | Categories | Anemia (%) | No anemia (%) | Chi-square value | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age of mothers (years) | 19-24 | 64 (77.1) | 19 (22.9) | 0.371 | 0.94 |
| 25-30 | 78 (76.5) | 24 (23.5) | |||
| 31-36 | 27 (75.0) | 9 (25.0) | |||
| 37-42 | 4 (66.7) | 2 (33.3) | |||
| Education | ≤10th | 64 (80.0) | 16 (20.0) | 0.98 | 0.32 |
| >10th | 109 (74.1) | 38 (25.9) | |||
| Employment | Homemaker | 159 (76.1) | 50 (23.9) | 0.03 | 0.87 |
| Employed | 14 (77.8) | 4 (22.2) | |||
| Family Type | Joint/Three Generation | 91 (72.8) | 34 (27.2) | 1.79 | 0.18 |
| Nuclear | 82 (80.4) | 20 (19.6) | |||
| Socio Economic Status | Class I-III | 110 (75.9) | 35 (24.1) | 0.03 | 0.87 |
| Class IV-V | 63 (76.8) | 19 (23.2) | |||
| Parity | Primi | 72 (69.9) | 31 (30.1) | 4.14 | 0.04 |
| ≥2nd | 101 (81.5) | 23 (18.5) | |||
| Delivery Type | Normal | 118 (74.7) | 40 (25.3) | 0.67 | 0.41 |
| LSCS | 55 (79.7) | 14 (20.3) | |||
| IFA Tablets consumed in antenatal period | <100 | 166 (76.5) | 51 (23.5) | Fisher’s Exact test | 0.71 |
| ≥100 | 7 (70.0) | 3 (30.0) | |||
| Anemia in third Trimester | <11 gm% | 115 (79.3) | 30 (20.7) | 2.13 | 0.15 |
| ≥11 gm% | 58 (70.7) | 24 (29.3) | |||
| IFA tablets consumed in Postpartum Period | <30 | 165 (76.7) | 50 (23.3) | 0.64 | 0.43 |