Variables | Terms and conditions | Absolute frequencies (n) | Relative frequencies (%) |
Education level | Not in school | 943 | 65 |
Primary | 362 | 25 | |
Secondary | 135 | 9 | |
Superior | 2 | 1 | |
Level of household well-being | The poorest | 962 | 67 |
Intermediate | 398 | 27 | |
The richest | 82 | 6 | |
Existence of income-generating activities for women | Any | 747 | 52 |
Crafts | 38 | 3 | |
Cash crops | 239 | 17 | |
Small business | 285 | 20 | |
Domesticated | 22 | 2 | |
Distance between home and antenatal care | Less than 5 km | 783 | 55 |
Between 5 and 10 km | 271 | 19 | |
Between 10 and 15 km | 118 | 12 | |
More than 15 km | 175 | 12 | |
Number of deliveries of women | <4 | 767 | 52 |
≥4 | 675 | 48 | |
Receiving advice on the 4 PNCS | Yes | 912 | 63 |
No | 511 | 35 | |
Do not remember | 19 | 2 | |
Knowledge of anemia medications | Iron-folic acid | 1336 | 93 |
Other | 106 | 7 | |
Receiving advice on taking iron | Yes | 1201 | 83 |
No | 241 | 17 | |
Number of PNCS performed | ≥4 PNC | 459 | 32 |
<4 PNC | 983 | 68 | |
Age of pregnancy at CPN1 | <3 months | 326 | 52 |
≥3 months | 307 | 48 | |
Taking iron during the last pregnancy | Yes | 1319 | 91 |
No | 80 | 6 | |
Do not remember | 43 | 3 | |
Prescription of iron supplementation during the last pregnancy | Yes | 1020 | 71 |
Self-medication | 209 | 14 | |
Do not remember | 213 | 15 | |
Number of iron intake days | 0 - 59 days | 664 | 43 |
60 - 89 | 18 | 1 | |
90 days and more | 760 | 56 |