Table 1 Socio demographic and reproductive characteristics women of reproductive age who reported using iron tablets or syrup during pregnancy of their last birth (n = 6370)
Characteristics | Use of iron (tablets/syrup) during last pregnancy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
< 90 days (n = 4497) | ≥ 90 days (n = 1891) | |||||
n | Proportion | n | % | n | % | |
Women’s age | ||||||
< 25 years | 1522 | 23.26 | 1127 | 25.0 | 395 | 19.0 |
≥ 25 years | 4848 | 76.74 | 3352 | 75.0 | 1496 | 81.0 |
Parity | ||||||
≤ 2 children | 2546 | 40.85 | 1684 | 40.0 | 862 | 44.0 |
> 2 Children | 3824 | 59.15 | 2795 | 60.0 | 1029 | 56.0 |
Births in last 5 years | ||||||
≤ 1 birth | 3475 | 53.67 | 2369 | 52.0 | 1106 | 58.0 |
> 1 birth | 2895 | 46.33 | 2110 | 48.0 | 785 | 42.0 |
Women’s education | ||||||
No education | 3435 | 48.03 | 2795 | 55.0 | 640 | 31.0 |
Primary | 854 | 16.34 | 590 | 17.0 | 264 | 16.0 |
Secondary | 1219 | 22.19 | 741 | 20.0 | 478 | 28.0 |
Higher | 862 | 13.44 | 353 | 8.0 | 509 | 25.0 |
Wealth Index | ||||||
Poor/Poorest | 2756 | 51.86 | 2294 | 48.0 | 462 | 26.0 |
Middle | 1202 | 25.27 | 856 | 22.0 | 334 | 18.0 |
Rich/Richest | 1222 | 22.86 | 1329 | 30.0 | 1095 | 57.0 |
Worked after marriage | ||||||
No | 5454 | 82.13 | 3832 | 81.0 | 1622 | 84.0 |
Yes | 916 | 17.87 | 647 | 19.0 | 269 | 16.0 |
BMI (Kg/m2)a | ||||||
< 18.5 kg/m2 | 211 | 10.46 | 164 | 4.0 | 47 | 30 |
18.5–24.9 kg/m2 | 1020 | 44.15 | 740 | 17.0 | 280 | 15.0 |
≥ 25 kg/m2 | 1151 | 45.39 | 748 | 15.0 | 403 | 21.0 |
Antenatal care visits | ||||||
< 5 visits | 4057 | 62.31 | 3368 | 73.0 | 689 | 38.0 |
≥ 5 visits | 2313 | 37.69 | 1111 | 27.0 | 1202 | 62.0 |
Last Caesarian-section | ||||||
No | 5135 | 76.19 | 3844 | 81.0 | 1291 | 65.0 |
Yes | 1235 | 23.81 | 635 | 19.0 | 600 | 35.0 |
Say in husband’s choice | ||||||
No | 1352 | 19.05 | 1066 | 22.0 | 286 | 13.0 |
Yes | 5018 | 80.95 | 3413 | 78.0 | 1605 | 87.0 |
Chew tobacco | ||||||
No | 6272 | 98.85 | 4400 | 99.0 | 1872 | 99.0 |
Yes | 98 | 1.15 | 79 | 1.0 | 19 | 1.0 |
Husband’s education | ||||||
No education | 1872 | 28.94 | 1574 | 34.0 | 298 | 18.0 |
Primary | 907 | 16.41 | 677 | 18.0 | 230 | 13.0 |
Secondary | 2148 | 35.26 | 1479 | 35.0 | 669 | 36.0 |
Higher | 1443 | 19.39 | 749 | 14.0 | 694 | 33.0 |
Place of residence | ||||||
Rural | 3427 | 66.81 | 2632 | 71.0 | 795 | 57.0 |
Urban | 2943 | 33.19 | 1847 | 29.0 | 1096 | 43.0 |
Region | ||||||
Punjab | 1628 | 51.07 | 1110 | 50.0 | 518 | 53.0 |
Sindh | 1417 | 24.06 | 950 | 23.0 | 467 | 27.0 |
KPK | 1307 | 16.42 | 920 | 17.0 | 387 | 15.0 |
Balochistan | 885 | 5.28 | 762 | 6.0 | 123 | 3.0 |
FATA | 637 | 2.42 | 499 | 3.0 | 138 | 2.0 |
ICT | 496 | 0.76 | 238 | 1.0 | 258 | 1.0 |