Table 1. The distribution of the adolescents and average hemoglobin levels in gram/deciliter (g/dl) (N = 62,648) by gender and sociodemographic characteristics.
| Girls | Boys | Total n (column %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (column %) | Hemoglobin level Mean (SD) | n (column %) | Hemoglobin level Mean (SD) | ||
| Religion | |||||
| Hindu | 43705.57(80.59) | 11.65(1.52) | 6876.71(81.71) | 13.46(1.65) | 50582.28(80.74) |
| Muslim | 7836.52(14.45) | 11.72(1.46) | 1148.78(13.65) | 13.49(1.59) | 8985.3(14.34) |
| Christian | 1073.79(1.98) | 11.81(2.95) | 158.22(1.88) | 13.62(2.94) | 1232.01(1.97) |
| Other | 1616.11(2.98) | 11.69(1.8) | 232.28(2.76) | 13.31(2.08) | 1848.39(2.95) |
| Caste background | |||||
| Scheduled Caste | 12202.2(22.5) | 11.55(1.53) | 1855.73(22.05) | 13.36(1.66) | 14057.93(22.44) |
| Scheduled Tribe | 5168.31(9.53) | 11.53(2.1) | 754.07(8.96) | 13.2(2.29) | 5922.38(9.45) |
| Other Backward Caste | 25201.61(46.47) | 11.69(1.48) | 3812.45(45.3) | 13.52(1.63) | 29014.06(46.31) |
| General | 11659.88(21.5) | 11.79(1.43) | 1993.75(23.69) | 13.56(1.55) | 13653.63(21.79) |
| Wealth quintile | |||||
| Poorest | 11719.54(21.61) | 11.55(1.58) | 1488.79(17.69) | 13.14(1.72) | 13208.33(21.09) |
| Poorer | 12131.7(22.37) | 11.63(1.61) | 1790.92(21.28) | 13.37(1.73) | 13922.62(22.23) |
| Middle | 11318.22(20.87) | 11.65(1.6) | 1726.96(20.52) | 13.43(1.7) | 13045.18(20.82) |
| Richer | 10255.27(18.91) | 11.72(1.51) | 1734.54(20.61) | 13.5(1.66) | 11989.81(19.14) |
| Richest | 8801.85(16.23) | 11.81(1.42) | 1673.94(19.89) | 13.86(1.57) | 10475.79(16.72) |
| Place of residence | |||||
| Urban | 16443.14(30.32) | 11.72(1.45) | 2880.8(34.23) | 13.64(1.54) | 19323.94(30.85) |
| Rural | 37788.86(69.68) | 11.64(1.6) | 5535.2(65.77) | 13.37(1.76) | 43324.06(69.15) |
| Region | |||||
| North | 7348.44 (13.55) | 11.7(1.91) | 1290.17(15.33) | 13.62(1.98) | 8638.61(13.79) |
| Central | 16931.23 (31.22) | 11.69(1.62) | 2242.86(26.65) | 13.34(1.76) | 19174.09(30.61) |
| East | 11920.19 (21.98) | 11.48 (1.33) | 1616.71(19.21) | 13.22 (1.48) | 13536.9(21.61) |
| Northeast | 1464.26 (2.7) | 12.06 (3.16) | 226.39 (2.69) | 13.77 (3.11) | 1690.65(2.7) |
| West | 7196.59 (13.27) | 11.79 (1.11) | 1477.01(17.55) | 13.47 (1.27) | 8673.6(13.85) |
| South | 9371.29 (17.28) | 11.65 (1.28) | 1562.01(18.56) | 13.72(1.4) | 10933.3(17.45) |
| Mother’s education | |||||
| Below tenth-grade | 45896.54(84.63) | 11.63(1.59) | 7061.87(83.91) | 13.4(1.7) | 52958.41(84.53) |
| Tenth-grade or above | 8335.46(15.37) | 11.86(1.37) | 1354.13(16.09) | 13.79(1.59) | 9689.59(15.47) |
| Father’s education | |||||
| Below tenth-grade | 38423.37(70.85) | 11.63(1.58) | 5881.94(69.89) | 13.39(1.69) | 52958.41(84.53) |
| Tenth-grade or above | 15808.63(29.15) | 11.76(1.49) | 2534.06(30.11) | 13.79(1.59) | 18342.69(29.28) |
| Total | 54232(86.57) | 11.72(1.57) | 8416(13.43) | 13.52(1·69) | 62648(100) |
(As we have used weighted frequencies and proportions, the cells contain values up to two decimal points, and the sum of the sample sizes in the subcategories of several socio-demographic characteristics do not exactly match the total.)