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Table 1 Socio-demographic profile of non-pregnant women participants

From: Concerning public health situation of under-nutrition in children and anemia in women in Indian Sundarbans delta: a community based cross-sectional investigation

Attributes

Number (n = 1090)

Percentage (%)

Age >34 years

288

26

>29 & ≤34 years

172

16

>24 & ≤29 years

221

20

>19 & ≤24 years

331

31

≤19 years

78

7

Durbachati + Ramganga + Gopalnagar (villages)

403

37

Daskhinraypur (village)

361

33

Sreenarayanpur Purnachandrapur (village)

326

30

Hindu

996

91

Muslim

94

9

Ever attended school

832

76

Never attended school

258

24

Husband Ever attended school

917

84

Never attended school

173

16

Earns money

62

6

Does not earn money

1028

94

Husband earns money

1017

93

Husband does not earn money

73

7

Stays with husband

1045

96

Does not stay with husband

45

4

Husband stays outstation due to occupation

28

62

Husband stays outstation due to other reasons

17

38

Number of children > 2

407

37

Number of children ≤ 2

683

63