Research Article
Maternal Anemia in Rural Jordan: Room for Improvement
Table 1
Sociodemographic, obstetric, and relevant characteristics.
| | Variables | n (%) |
| | Age (year) | | | <25 | 187 (26.7) | | 25–29.9 | 209 (29.9) | | ≥30 | 304 (43.4) | | Education level | | | ≤High school | 473 (67.6) | | >High school | 227 (32.4) | | Income/per month (in Jordanian dinars, 1 JD = $1.41) | | | ≤250 | 354 (50.6) | | >250 | 346 (49.4) | | Employment | | | Yes | 96 (13.7) | | No | 603 (86.3) | | Smoker | 16 (2.3) | | Body mass index (kg/m²) | | | Underweight (<19.8) | 16 (2.3) | | Normal (19.8–26) | 243 (34.7) | | Overweight (26–29) | 167 (23.9) | | Obese (>29) | 274 (39.1) | | Parity | | | Zero | 190 (27.1) | | One | 139 (19.9) | | Two | 122 (17.4) | | Three | 87 (12.4) | | ≥four | 162 (23.1) | | Trimester | | | 1st | 143 (20.4) | | 2nd | 211 (30.1) | | 3rd | 346 (49.4) | | Interpregnancy interval/months | | | 1st pregnancy | 175 (25.0) | | <12 | 138 (19.7) | | 12–23.9 | 161 (23.0) | | ≥24 | 226 (32.3) | | Presence of chronic diseases | 25 (6.6) | | Previous cesarean section | 114 (16.3) | | History of previous surgeries | 196 (28) | | Hemorrhoids | 117 (16.7) | | Peptic ulcer | 27 (3.9) | | Folic acid intake in this pregnancy | 520 (74.3) | | Multivitamins intake in this pregnancy | 187 (26.7) | | Ferrus sulphate intake in this pregnancy | 399 (57) |
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