Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics and anaemia distribution among the pregnant women
Characteristics | Total | Anaemia | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Absent (n = 126;  % = 33.6) | Present (n = 249;  % = 66.4) | χ2 | p value | |||||
N | % | n | % | n | % | |||
Age (years) | ||||||||
 15–19 | 62 | 16.5 | 14 | 3.7 | 48 | 12.8 | 157.600 | <0.001 |
 20–29 | 216 | 57.6 | 74 | 19.7 | 142 | 37.9 |  |  |
 30–39 | 87 | 23.2 | 34 | 9.1 | 53 | 14.1 |  |  |
 40–49 | 10 | 2.7 | 4 | 1.1 | 6 | 1.6 |  |  |
Gravidity | ||||||||
 Primigravid | 93 | 24.8 | 27 | 7.2 | 66 | 17.6 | 46.723 | <0.001 |
 Secondagravid | 69 | 18.4 | 19 | 5.1 | 50 | 13.3 |  |  |
 Multigravid | 213 | 56.8 | 80 | 21.3 | 133 | 35.5 |  |  |
Parity | ||||||||
 Nulliparous | 88 | 23.5 | 27 | 7.2 | 61 | 16.3 | 27.639 | <0.001 |
 Primiparous | 92 | 24.5 | 26 | 6.9 | 66 | 17.6 |  |  |
 Multiparous | 195 | 52.0 | 73 | 19.5 | 122 | 32.5 |  |  |