Table 1 Maternal Characteristics
From: Predictors of anemia in pregnant women residing in rural areas of the Oromiya region of Ethiopia
Mean (sd)/Number of women reporting (%), overall and by woreda | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Goma (n = 1548) | Tiro Afeta (n = 1519) | Woliso (n = 1533) | Total (n = 4600) | p-value | |
Anemia | 303 (19.57%) | 494 (44.58%) | 311 (28.07%) | 1108 (24.09%) | 0.000 |
Hemoglobin | 12.56 (1.30) | 12.15 (1.47) | 12.66 (1.20) | 12.46 (1.35) | 0.000 |
Age | 26.17 (5.44) | 26.51 (5.82) | 26.56 (5.46) | 26.41 (5.58) | 0.104 |
Religion | |||||
Muslim | 1384 (89.41%) | 1478 (97.30%) | 234 (15.26%) | 3096 (67.30%) | 0.000 |
Orthodox | 147 (9.50%) | 26 (1.71%) | 867 (56.56%) | 1040 (22.61%) | 0.000 |
Other | 17 (1.10%) | 15 (0.99%) | 432 (28.18%) | 464 (10.09%) | 0.000 |
Literate | 623 (40.25%) | 241 (15.87%) | 489 (31.90%) | 1353 (29.41%) | 0.000 |
Numerate | 1417 (91.54%) | 1219 (80.25%) | 1435 (93.61%) | 4071 (88.50%) | 0.000 |
MUAC | 23.97 (2.37) | 22.98 (1.99) | 23.53 (1.99) | 23.50 (2.16) | 0.000 |
Low MUAC | 523 (33.79%) | 773 (50.89%) | 574 (37.44%) | 1870 (40.65%) | 0.000 |
Number of previous pregnancies | 2.90 (2.35) | 3.79 (2.79) | 2.95 (2.32) | 3.21 (2.53) | 0.000 |
Previously Pregnant | 294 (18.00%) | 193 (12.71%) | 285 (18.59%) | 772 (16.78%) | 0.000 |
Sought ANC this pregnancy | 860 (55.56%) | 640 (42.13%) | 827 (53.95%) | 2327 (50.59%) | 0.000 |
Has had a home visit from an HEW | 142 (9.17%) | 259 (17.05%) | 50 (3.26%) | 451 (9.80%) | 0.000 |
Received iron supplements | 252 (16.28%) | 316 (20.80%) | 208 (13.57%) | 776 (16.87%) | 0.000 |
Received drug for intestinal worms | 15 (0.97%) | 25 (1.65%) | 16 (1.04%) | 56 (1.22%) | 0.174 |
Handwashing score | 5.04 (1.19) | 4.10 (0.99) | 3.63 (1.20) | 4.26 (1.27) | 0.000 |
Dietary diversity score | 2.47 (0.79) | 2.48 (0.69) | 2.16 (0.73) | 2.37 (0.75) | 0.000 |