Distribution of pregnant women who reported severe acute episodes of ill health by socio-demographic characteristics, among 466 pregnant women in gestational age 24–36 weeks in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.

*severe ill health was defined as those episodes that needed hospital admissions and severe work limitations as indicated by 0 or 1 in visual analog scale).**based on Pearson Chi-square test.1these categories were amalgamated for chi-square testing.