Table 1

State wise socio-demographic variables of the study subjects, Northeast India (n = 1640).

Variables (total)

Manipur

n (%)

Assam

n (%)

Meghalaya

n (%)

Arunachal Pradesh

n (%)

Mizoram

n (%)


Subjects recruited (1640)

402

300

400

307

231

Age groups

18 to 21 yrs (355)

75(18.7)

77(25.7)

145(36.2)

30(9.8)

28(12.1)

22 to 25 yrs (592)

125(31.1)

137(45.6)

113(28.3)

140(45.6)

77(33.3)

26 to 29 yrs (385)

103(25.6)

63(21.0)

77(19.2)

85(27.7)

57(24.7)

> 29 yrs (308)

99(24.6)

23(7.7)

65(16.3)

52(16.9)

69(29.9)

Religion

Hindu (844)

346(86.1)

271(90.3)

93(23.2)

125(40.7)

9(3.9)

Christian (611)

--

1(0.3)

280(70.0)

108(35.2)

222(96.1)

Muslim (106)

56(13.9)

26(8.7)

7(1.8)

17(5.5)

--

Others (79)

--

2(0.7)

20(5.0)

57(18.6)

--

Occupation

House wife (1310)

341(84.8)

293(97.7)

328(82.0)

168(54.7)

180(77.9)

Regular employee (110)

7(1.7)

1(0.3)

17(4.2)

79(25.7)

6(2.6)

Unskilled worker (75)

39(9.7)

6(2.0)

50(12.5)

37(12.1)

43(18.6)

Business (45)

15(3.7)

--

5(1.3)

23(7.5)

2(0.9)

Education

Primary & less (1063)

252(62.7)

231(77.0)

278(69.5)

166(54.1)

136(58.9)

Secondary (462)

105(26.1)

66(22.0)

101(25.2)

98(31.9)

92(39.8)

Graduate & above (115)

45(11.2)

3(1.0)

21(5.3)

43(14.0)

3(1.3)

Type of family

Nuclear (950)

232(57.7)

144(48.0)

238(59.5)

211(68.7)

125(54.1)

Joint (616)

169(42.0)

147(49.0)

156(39.0)

42(13.7)

102(44.2)

Single (74)

1(0.3)

9(3.0)

6(1.5)

54(17.6)

4(1.7)

Income group

Low (1177)

247(61.4)

262(87.3)

324(81.0)

160(52.1)

184(79.6)

Middle & high (463)

155(38.6)

38(12.67)

76(19.0)

147(47.88)

47(20.35)

Migrant labor (192)

14(3.5%)

14(4.7%)

78(19.5)

61(19.9%)

25(10.8%)

Duration of Pregnancy

1-12 weeks (28)

--

9(3.0)

19(4.8)

--

--

13-28 weeks (513)

100(24.9)

205(68.3)

131(32.7)

39(12.7)

38(16.5)

29-42 weeks (1099)

302(75.1)

86(28.7)

250(62.5)

268(87.3)

193(83.5)

Commercial sex worker (8)

2(0.5%)

--

--

5(1.6%)

1(0.4%)


Biswas et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2011 11:325   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-11-325

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