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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Folate, vitamin B12, ferritin and haemoglobin levels among women of childbearing age from a rural district in South India

  

Total

Percent

  

979

100

Age group

15-19

308

31.5

 

20-24

338

34.5

 

25-29

199

20.3

 

30-35

134

13.7

Married

Unmarried

308

31.5

 

Married

656

67.0

 

Widowed/divorced

15

1.5

Currently pregnant/lactating

Currently pregnant

185

18.9

 

Currently Lactating

196

20.0

 

Others

598

61.1

Parity

0

438

44.7

 

1

203

20.7

 

2to3

303

30.9

 

>3

29

3.0

 

Not available

5

0.6

History of still-birth

 

28

2.9

History of abortion

 

99

10.1

Age at marriage

<18 years

381

38.9

 

18 or more years

286

29.2

 

Don’t know

4

0.4

 

Unmarried

308

31.5

Age at first childbirth

<19 years

212

21.7

 

19 or more years

328

33.5

 

Don’t know

1

0.1

 

No birth

438

44.7