Background characteristics of the antenatal women in the capital district and the tea plantation sector of Sri Lanka
| Total | Capital district | Tea plantation sector | ||
| n=2088 (%) | n=1314 (%) | n=774 (%) | P value | |
| Women’s characteristics | ||||
| Age | ||||
| 16–30 years | 1125 (53.9) | 559 (42.5) | 566 (73.1) | |
| 31–44 years | 963 (46.1) | 755 (57.5) | 208 (26.9) | P<0.001 |
| Education* | ||||
| Low | 1242 (59.5) | 564 (42.9) | 678 (87.6) | |
| High | 846 (40.5) | 750 (57.1) | 96 (12.4) | P<0.001 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Sinhala | 986 (47.2) | 967 (73.6) | 19 (2.5) | |
| Tamil | 910 (43.6) | 166 (12.6) | 744 (96.1) | |
| Muslim | 181 (8.7) | 170 (12.9) | 11 (1.4) | |
| Others/missing | 11 (0.5) | 11 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | P<0.001 |
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 630 (30.2) | 271 (20.6) | 359 (46.4) | |
| Unemployed | 1458 (69.8) | 1043 (79.4) | 415 (53.6) | P<0.001 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Currently married | 2073 (99.3) | 1307 (99.5) | 766 (99.0) | |
| Living together | 12 (0.6) | 6 (0.5) | 6 (0.8) | |
| Other | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.3) | P=0.368 |
| Partners characteristics | ||||
| Education* | ||||
| Low | 1251 (59.9) | 554 (42.2) | 697 (90.1) | |
| High | 837 (40.1) | 760 (57.8) | 77 (9.9) | P<0.001 |
| Other characteristics | ||||
| Employment status | ||||
| Employed | 2060 (98.7) | 1291 (98.2) | 769 (99.4) | |
| Unemployed | 28 (1.3) | 23 (1.8) | 5 (0.6) | P=0.034 |
| Monthly income of family | ||||
| Low (up to 30 000 SLR) | 1581 (75.7) | 908 (69.1) | 673 (87.0) | |
| Middle (30 001–50 000 SLR) | 375 (18.7) | 283 (21.5) | 92 (11.9) | |
| High (>50 000 SLR) | 132 (6.3) | 123 (9.4) | 9 (1.2) | P<0.001 |
*Education—low (no schooling and primary-level school education only) and high (above primary-level school education).