Anaemic mothers

Non-Anaemic mothers

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Age category

Teenage (<19 years)

10

13.7

63

86.3

Average (19 - 35 years)

80

14.9

458

85.1

Elderly (>35 years)

02

6.7

28

93.3

Ethnicity

Tamil

91

14.9

518

85.1

Muslim

01

3.6

27

96.4

Sinhalese

00

0.0

04

100.0

Parity

P1

46

18.0

210

82.0

P2

27

13.2

178

86.8

P3

09

8.7

95

91.3

P4

07

13.5

45

86.5

P5 and above

03

12.5

21

87.5