In the present study, the mean duration of married life of
pregnant women was 4.3 years. Mean age at menarche was
found to be 13.2 years. Similarly mean values for gravid
status and parity were 2.3 and 1.0, respectively. Mean
spacing interval was 1.7 years. Mean height and weight of
the study subjects were 152.1 cm and 48.9 kg, respectively.
Average calorie consumption per day was 1551 calories
with deficit in 18.1%. The demographic characteristics of
the study subjects are summarized in Table 1.
The majority of the subjects were between ages 20 to
29 years with an average age of 22.7 years. About 2%