| Characteristics | Pregnant womena n = 849 |
| Mother’s Age (mean ± SD years) | 29.31 ± 5.7 |
| Father’s Age (mean ± SD years) | 36.05 ± 6.5 |
| mother’s work | |
| House wife | 810 (95.4%) |
| Employed | 39 (4.6%) |
| School level | |
| Illiterate | 278 (33%) |
| Primary or Koranic School | 448 (53%) |
| Secondary or post-secondary | 123 (14%) |
| Medical coverage | |
| Without | 633 (74.6%) |
| insurance | 150 (17.7%) |
| DISP | 66 (7.7%) |
| monthly income of the father | |
| low (<3000 DH) | 518 (61%) |
| Medium (≥3000 DH) | 331 (39%) |
| Area of residence | |
| Urban | 545 (64.2%) |
| Rural | 304 (35.8%) |
| Marital status | |
| married | 842 (99.2%) |
| single | 7 (0.8%) |
| number of pregnancies | |
| 1 | 95 (11.2%) |
| 2 | 323 (38%) |
| ≥3 | 431 (50.8%) |
| Previous abortions | 150 (17.7%) |
| Notion of transfusion | 0 (0%) |
Consumption of flour label | 75 (8.8%) |
| Consumption of animal products | |
| low | 501 (59%) |
| sufficient | 348 (41%) |
| Consumption of tea | |
| No | 102 (12%) |
| near mealtimes. | 595 (70%) |
| outside of mealtimes | 152 (18%) |