Percentage of Women Age 15-49 with Anaemia by Background Characteristics and Percentage of Ever-Married Women Age 15-49 with Anaemia in India (2005-2006) | |||||
Background Characteristic | Anaemia Status by Haemoglobin Level | Any Anaemia (<12.0g /Dl)2 | No. of Women | ||
Mild (10.0- 11.9 G/Dl)1 | Moderate (7.0-9.9 G/Dl) | Severe (<7.0 G/Dl) | |||
Age | |||||
15-19 | |||||
20-29 | |||||
30-39 | |||||
40-49 | |||||
Marital Status | |||||
Never married | |||||
Currently married | |||||
Widowed | |||||
Divorced/separated/deserted | |||||
Maternity Status | |||||
Pregnant | |||||
Breastfeeding | |||||
Neither | |||||
Number of Children Ever Born | |||||
0 | |||||
1 | |||||
2-3 | |||||
4-5 | |||||
6+ | |||||
Residence | |||||
Urban | |||||
Rural | |||||
Education | |||||
No education | |||||
<5 years complete | |||||
5-7 years complete | |||||
8-9 years complete | |||||
10-11 years complete | |||||
12 or more years complete | |||||
Religion | |||||
Hindu | |||||
Muslim | |||||
Christian | |||||
Sikh | |||||
Buddhist/Neo-Buddhist | |||||
Jain | |||||
Other | |||||
Caste/Tribe | |||||
Scheduled caste | |||||
Scheduled tribe | |||||
Other backward class | |||||
Other | |||||
Don`t know | |||||
Wealth Index | |||||
Lowest | |||||
Second | |||||
Middle | |||||
Fourth | |||||
Highest | |||||
Smoking Status | |||||
Smokes cigarettes/tobacco | |||||
Does not smoke | |||||
Total | |||||
Total for Ever-Married Women | |||||
NFHS-3 | |||||
NFHS-2 |