An Analysis of Societal Determinant of Anemia among Adolescent Girls in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Table 5

Association of socioeconomic and environmental variables with anemia severity.

Model	Unstandardized coefficients		Significance
	B	Standard error
Constant	11.23	0.44	<0.0005
Communicable diseases (X1)	−0.67	0.14	<0.0005
Duration of menstruation (X2)	−0.32	0.67	<0.0005
Family monthly income (X3)	0.25	0.07	<0.0005
Exercise habits (X4)	0.21	0.66	0.002
Meals regularity (X5)	0.40	0.15	0.008
Respondent education (X6)	0.07	0.03	0.028

Excluded variables are father’s education, mother’s education, father’s profession, father’s monthly income, mother’s monthly income, heavy blood loss, and healthcare utilization.