Table 1 Percentage distribution of anemia status and covariates
Variables | Categories | Child’s Anemia status | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-anemic | Mild | Severe or moderate | |||
Mother’s age (years) | 15–24 | 47.7 % | 22.3 % | 30.0 % | 22.2 % |
25–29 | 50.2 % | 21.1 % | 28.7 % | 31.8 % | |
30–34 | 48.2 % | 21.8 % | 30.0 % | 21.4 % | |
35–49 | 52.1 % | 21.8 % | 26.1 % | 24.7 % | |
Type of place of residence | Rural | 48.4 % | 22.0 % | 29.6 % | 84.6 % |
Urban | 56.7 % | 19.9 % | 23.5 % | 15.4 % | |
Mother’s educational level | Primary, Secondary or higher | 55.5 % | 21.5 % | 23.0 % | 29.0 % |
Illiterate | 47.3 % | 21.8 % | 30.9 % | 70.9 % | |
Source of drinking water supply | Improved | 52.9 % | 20.6 % | 26.5 % | 50.5 % |
Non-improved | 46.4 % | 22.8 % | 30.8 % | 49.5 % | |
Religion | Orthodox | 62.6 % | 19.0 % | 18.4 % | 32.6 % |
Protestant | 58.0 % | 22.9 % | 19.1 % | 20.9 % | |
Muslim | 37.0 % | 23.0 % | 40.0 % | 46.6 % | |
Number of children under 5 in household | 3 or above | 42.9 % | 22.6 % | 34.6 % | 18.7 % |
Two | 48.2 % | 22.2 % | 29.5 % | 48.5 % | |
One | 55.8 % | 20.4 % | 23.9 % | 32.8 % | |
mother’s anemia status | Severe or moderate | 33.8 % | 22.2 % | 44.0 % | 7.3 % |
Mild | 38.7 % | 23.9 % | 37.4 % | 16.5 % | |
Non-anemic | 53.6 % | 21.1 % | 25.2 % | 76.1 % | |
Mother’s marital status | Currently in union/living with a man | 49.5 % | 21.6 % | 28.8 % | 93.5 % |
Formerly in union/living with a man | 52.4 % | 22.2 % | 25.4 % | 6.4 % | |
Husband/partner’s education level | Secondary or higher | 56.2 % | 19.1 % | 24.7 % | 9.8 % |
Primary | 53.7 % | 22.6 % | 23.7 % | 37.1 % | |
Illiterate | 45.7 % | 21.5 % | 32.8 % | 53.1 % | |
Mother’s current employment status | Not working | 47.3 % | 22.1 % | 30.6 % | 69.6 % |
Working | 55.2 % | 20.7 % | 24.1 % | 30.4 % | |
Birth order number | 6 + | 46.9 % | 23.7 % | 29.4 % | 26.5 % |
4 – 5 | 47.2 % | 22.4 % | 30.4 % | 23.7 % | |
2 – 3 | 51.0 % | 20.6 % | 28.4 % | 31.7 % | |
1 | 54.8 % | 19.7 % | 25.6 % | 18.1 % | |
Sex of child | Male | 49.6 % | 21.2 % | 29.2 % | 51.2 % |
Female | 49.8 % | 22.2 % | 28.1 % | 48.8 % | |
Child’s Size at birth | Large | 51.0 % | 22.2 % | 26.8 % | 29.6 % |
Average | 52.0 % | 20.3 % | 27.7 % | 39.7 % | |
Small | 45.5 % | 22.9 % | 31.6 % | 30.8 % | |
child age grouped | 6 –11 | 30.5 % | 26.5 % | 43.0 % | 10.8 % |
12 – 23 | 36.2 % | 22.9 % | 40.9 % | 20.5 % | |
24 – 35 | 47.8 % | 21.9 % | 30.3 % | 21.9 % | |
36 – 47 | 57.0 % | 20.5 % | 22.6 % | 24.0 % | |
48 – 59 | 65.1 % | 19.3 % | 15.6 % | 22.8 % | |
Wasting status of Child | Severely wasted | 33.5 % | 21.1 % | 45.4 % | 2.9 % |
Moderately wasted | 38.0 % | 25.4 % | 36.6 % | 8.7 % | |
Non-wasted | 51.4 % | 21.3 % | 27.3 % | 88.6 % | |
Stunting status of Child | Severely stunted | 40.0 % | 22.9 % | 37.1 % | 22.6 % |
Moderately stunted | 51.5 % | 21.7 % | 26.8 % | 24.3 % | |
Non-stunted | 53.0 % | 21.1 % | 25.8 % | 53.0 % | |
Total | 49.7 % | 21.7 % | 28.6 % | 100 % | |