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15.
The s tat i stically significant d ifference in the
occupa t ions of t h e t wo g roups ( p-O.Ol) was l arg e ly bec ause o f
the g reate r p r opo r t i on of unem p loyed sUbjects in t he eaee ede
group , 19 . 8\ as ."Ollp a r e d t o 7.8\.
The dist ribution of sUb j ects by educat ional l e ve l also
differe d s i gnificantly for t hose with postpartum a naemia a s
compar e d t o thos e wi t h no an aemia (p "O .Ol) . This wa s large ly
be cause o f the differenc e s in t he proportions of u n e du cate d
sUbjec t s. Whil e those with no f ormal education ccmp r-Laed on ly
12 . 9 \ of non - an aemi c sU b j ects, they fo rmed 25 .7\ of the
anaemic SUbjec t s. Those wi th no f orma l education were also at
h i g her r i s k f o r postpartum an a e mi a , RR-1. 6 6 rcr 1.21 to 2.32)
and p =O. 007. See APPENDIX J .
When those s ub j e c ts ....ith f O["lIal educati o n are also
conside red, there we re fewer pe r sons (6 . 4') . with higher than
elementary level ed uc ation i n the anaemic group a s comp ared to
those i n the non- anaemic group (15.4') . and the RR risk f or
anaemia in t hose with on ly u p t o e lementary leve l ed ucation
was 2 .14 (el 0 .93 t o 4 . 91). but t h i s risk was not
s tatistically significan t (p =0.01 ) .
Ove r hal f (50 .5 ' ) of SUbj e c t s with postpartum enacmfa
wer e p r i mi pa r a a s c omp a red t o 32 . 3\ of non - anaemic SUbjects
and this d iffe r enc e in parity distr i buti o n was s t a t istically
sig nifi c a nt (p =-O. OOl ) on chi- s q uare testing . The RR for
postpartum anaemia i n pri mipara as compared to t he multipara