Extent of Anaemia among Preschool Children in EAG States, India: A Challenge to Policy Makers

Table 2

Percentage distribution of age 6–59 months children among EAG states by background characteristics in India, NFHS, 2005-06.

Background characteristics	Anemia status by haemoglobin levels				Sample size
	Severe	Moderate	Mild	Not anaemic
Age groups of children (months)
6–11	2.30	52.40	28.30	17.00	1696
12–17	5.20	57.60	22.80	14.40	1725
18–23	4.60	57.40	23.30	14.80	1841
24–35	3.90	47.20	26.20	22.60	3519
36–59	2.00	30.90	27.90	39.10	7285
Age groups of mother’s (years)
15–19	4.80	51.70	26.60	16.90	816
20–29	2.80	42.80	26.60	27.80	10678
30–39	3.30	41.30	26.10	29.40	4097
40–49	6.10	34.90	28.60	30.40	475
Place of residence
Urban	4.10	36.70	25.60	33.60	2919
Rural	2.90	44.00	26.70	26.40	13147
Mothers level of education
No education	3.40	45.90	26.40	24.40	9815
Up to primary level complete	3.20	41.20	27.10	28.60	2854
Up to secondary level complete	2.70	37.60	27.10	32.50	1606
High school and above	1.80	32.00	26.00	40.30	1790
Fathers level of education
No education	3.50	47.10	26.50	22.90	5123
Up to primary level complete	2.80	43.10	26.80	27.30	2480
Up to secondary level complete	3.30	41.30	26.40	29.00	6761
High school and above	1.60	33.10	25.90	39.40	1487
Household structure
Nuclear family	3.40	42.60	26.40	27.60	7210
Joint family	2.80	42.50	26.60	28.10	7710
Wealth quintile
Poorest	2.80	46.90	27.70	22.50	5594
Poor	3.10	44.40	27.00	25.60	3893
Middle	3.90	41.20	25.60	29.40	2826
Rich	3.00	39.10	25.30	32.60	2188
Richest	2.80	30.90	24.50	41.80	1566
Media exposure
No	3.10	45.40	27.20	24.30	6378
Yes	3.10	40.90	26.10	29.90	9675
Birth order of the child
1	2.60	39.30	26.30	31.70	3942
2-3	2.90	42.60	26.70	27.90	6601
4-5	3.40	45.60	26.30	24.80	3451
6+	4.40	44.50	26.80	24.20	2072
Mothers anaemia status
Severe	12.90	47.70	22.10	17.30	265
Moderate	5.80	52.20	23.40	18.60	2820
Mild	2.80	45.20	27.50	24.50	6607
Not anaemic	1.80	35.50	27.00	35.70	6248
Total	3.58	42.91	26.21	27.31	16065