Prevalence of Anaemia among Pregnant Women at Booking in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria

Table 4

Association between sociodemographic characteristics of pregnant women at booking and anaemia in the study population.

Characteristics	Anaemic; (𝑛)	Nonanaemic; (𝑛)	𝜒^2	𝑃 value
Age (years)			2.6	0.77
<20	2	1
20–24	35	22
25–29	91	74
30–34	64	65
35–39	23	19
≥40	2	2
Marital Status			2.9	0.23
Single	5	1
Married	211	182
Separated	1	0
Parity			9.2	0.06
0	96	72
1	56	60
2	38	26
3	17	23
4	10	2
Education level			17.6	0.00
Primary/no formal	11 (47.8)	12 (52.2)
Secondary	101 (67.8)	48 (32.2)
Tertiary	105 (46.0)	123 (54.0)
Social class			14.5	0.00
1	22 (40.0)	33 (60.0)
2	51 (52.0)	47 (47.8)
3	60 (50.4)	59 (49.6)
4	73 (68.2)	34 (31.8)
5	6 (42.9)	8 (57.1)