TABLE 1.

Characteristics of NDHS data and of WRA (15–49 years) in 2006, 2011 and 2016 NDHS

Characteristics of NDHS	NDHS year
	2006		2011		2016
Total households (N)	8,707		10,826		11,490
Response rate (%)	99.6		99.4		98.5
Total women sampled (N)	10,793		12,674		12,862
Pregnant during survey (N (%))	626 (5.8)		614 (4.8)		536 (4.2)
Nonpregnant women with no haemoglobin measurements (N (%))	126 (1.2)		6,266 (52.0)		6,192 (50.0)
Nonpregnant women with haemoglobin measurements available (N) a	10,041		5,794		6,134
Weighted N b	10,043		5,795		6,124
Characteristics of WRA	N c	Mean (±SD)	N c	Mean (±SD)	N c	Mean (±SD)
Age of women (years)	10,043	29.0 (10.0)	5,795	29.1 (9.8)	6,124	29.5 (9.8)
Education (years of schooling)	10,043	3.2 (4.0)	5,795	4.4 (4.2)	6,124	5.1 (4.4)
Total number of children	10,043	2.2 (0.8)	5,795	2.1 (0.9)	6,124	2.0 (0.9)
		% [95% CI]		% [95% CI]		% [95% CI]
Education
No education	5,310	52.9 [51.9, 53.8]	2,284	39.4 [38.2, 40.7]	2,073	33.9 [32.7, 35.0]
Primary	1,762	17.5 [16.8, 18.3]	1,026	17.7 [16.7, 18.7]	1,007	16.4 [15.5, 17.4]
Secondary	2,571	25.6 [24.8, 26.5]	2,052	35.4 [34.2, 36.7]	2,167	35.4 [34.2, 36.6]
Higher secondary and above	399	4.0 [3.6, 4.4]	433	7.5 [6.8, 8.2]	877	14.3 [13.5, 15.2]
Currently working	7,208	71.8 [70.9, 72.6]	3,593	62.0 [60.7, 63.2]	3,563	58.2 [56.9, 59.4]
Prevalence of underweight	2,429	24.2 [23.3, 25.1]	1,052	18.2 [17.2, 19.2]	1,051	17.2 [16.2, 18.1]
Prevalence of overweight/obesity	856	8.5 [8.0, 9.1]	770	13.3 [12.4, 14.2]	1,354	22.1 [21.1, 23.2]
Prevalence of anaemia
Not anaemic	6,480	64.5 [63.6, 65.5]	3,804	65.6 [64.4, 66.9]	3,643	59.5 [58.3, 60.7]
Anaemic	3,563	35.5 [34.5, 36.4]	1,991	34.4 [33.1, 35.6]	2,481	40.5 [39.3, 41.7]

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NDHS, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey; WRA, women of reproductive age.

^aData used for average annual rate of change analysis.

^bWeighted data used for multilevel analysis.

^cWeighted N.