**3.2 Maternal education**

On grouping of maternal education with BMI, it was observed that in all the BMI ranges, there were very few subjects who were either illiterate or had just completed the primary education. Amongst underweight, 15.91% were illiterate or primarily educated, 50% had completed secondary education, and 34.09% had college or higher education completed. Within normal range, 12.41 were illiterate or primarily educated, 39.42% and 48.17% had their secondary and college or higher education completed. In overweight subjects, 23.33% were illiterate or primarily educated, 33.33% had secondary education and 43.33% had college or higher education completed respectively. In obese population, 13.33% were illiterate or primarily

**Figure 2.** *Maternal education according to BMI.*

educated, 53.33% had completed their secondary education and 33.33% had studied till college or higher education (**Figure 2**).
