Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics in control and treatment group at baseline among women of reproductive age in Reductions in Anemia through Normative Innovations (RANI) project, Odisha, India.
| Overall (n = 3797) |
Control (n = 1896) |
Treatment (n = 1901) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | 30.7 (8.8) | 30.4 (8.7) | 31.1 (8.8) | 0.027 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2, n = 3629 | 21.4 (3.7) | 21.2 (3.7) | 21.6 (3.7) | 0.003 |
| Mobile phone owner | 47.6 | 48.6 | 46.7 | 0.224 |
| Education | 0.527 | |||
| None | 18.9 | 18.2 | 19.5 | |
| Up to class 7 | 38.0 | 38.5 | 37.4 | |
| Class 8–10 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 31.5 | |
| Class 11–12 | 9.1 | 9.8 | 8.5 | |
| More than class 12 | 3.1 | 3 | 3.2 | |
| Marital status | 0.776 | |||
| Single | 15.6 | 15.9 | 15.2 | |
| Married | 80.2 | 79.7 | 80.6 | |
| Separated/divorced | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | |
| Widowed | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.3 | |
| Scheduled caste, tribe, and other backward class status, n = 3790 | <0.001 | |||
| Scheduled Caste | 13.6 | 11.4 | 15.8 | |
| Scheduled Tribe | 28 | 31.6 | 24.4 | |
| Other Backward Class | 56.3 | 55.1 | 57.4 | |
| None of them | 2.1 | 1.9 | 2.4 | |
| Iron and folic acid tablet use | 0.217 | |||
| Never taken | 21 | 20 | 22 | |
| Currently taking it | 5.8 | 6.2 | 5.4 | |
| Took in the past but not currently | 73.2 | 73.8 | 72.6 | |
| Current breastfeeding, n = 3795 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 20.9 | 0.690 |
| Number of children | 1.7 (1.2) | 1.7 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.2) | 0.562 |
| MDD-W score ≥ 5, n = 952 | 43.1 | 42.1 | 44 | 0.562 |
| Anemia (hemoglobin < 12 g/dL), n = 3783 | 64.2 | 65.4 | 63.0 | 0.123 |