Low birth weight | P value | |||
Variables | Yes N (%) | No N (%) | Total N (%) | |
Maternal age | 0.36 | |||
15–19 | 15 (28.81) | 72 (71.19) | 87 (3.92) | |
20–24 | 53 (9.3) | 427 (90.7) | 480 (21.50) | |
25–29 | 80 (14.36) | 596 (85.64) | 676 (35.68) | |
30–34 | 49 (13.62) | 413 (86.38) | 462 (21.50) | |
35–49 | 38 (23.30) | 365 (88.70) | 403 (12.38) | |
Maternal educational level | 0.02 | |||
No education | 78 (18.21) | 486 (81.79) | 565 (28.89 | |
Primary | 90 (11.03) | 697 (88.97) | 787 (38.01) | |
Secondary and above | 67 (11.27) | 692 (88.73) | 759 (33.08) | |
Gestational age | <0.01 | |||
<37 weeks | 23 (45.65) | 25 (54.35) | 40 (3.07) | |
≥37 weeks | 212 (12.16) | 1279 (87.84) | 1835 (96.93) | |
Iron supplementation | ||||
Yes | 119 (12.66) | 1049 (87.34) | 1168 (56.79) | 0.123 |
No | 116 (13.86) | 826 (86.14) | 942 (43.21) | |
Number of antenatal care visits | 0.08 | |||
<4 visits | 112 (15.95) | 782 (84.05) | 894 (43.41) | |
≥4 visits | 123 (11.05) | 1082 (88.95) | 1216 (56.59) | |
Media exposure | 0.10 | |||
Yes | 151 (12.52) | 880 (87.48) | 1454 (66.98) | |
No | 84 (14.51) | 424 (85.49) | 656 (33.02) | |
Maternal body mass index | 0.46 | |||
Underweight | 38 (19.02) | 274 (80.98) | 312 (13.65) | |
Normal | 150 (13.09) | 1139 (86.91) | 1289 (67.64) | |
Overweight/obese | 47 (9) | 442 (91) | 509 (13.32) | |
Wealth index | 0.02 | |||
Poor | 50 (15.83) | 332 (84.17) | 259 (17.24) | |
Middle | 30 (17.22) | 158 (82.78) | 209 (13.91) | |
Rich | 155 (11.70) | 1385 (88.30) | 1034 (68.84) | |
Maternal anaemia | 0.01 | |||
Not anaemic | 152 (14.78) | 1305 (87.12) | 1457 (75.96) | |
Mild | 12 (8.54) | 159 (91.50) | 171 (5.46) | |
Moderate | 13 (14.06) | 95 (85.94) | 108 (4.26) | |
Severe | 58 (16.28) | 316 (83.72) | 374 (14.31) | |
Sex of infant | 0.05 | |||
Male | 106 (10.93) | 972 (89.06) | 1078 (51.13) | |
Female | 129 (15.51) | 903 (84.49) | 1032 (48.97) |