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Table 1 Awareness of folic acid by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in Ifakara, 2017 (N = 698)

From: Awareness and factors associated with reported intake of folic acid-fortified flour among women of reproductive age in Ifakara, Morogoro region, Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Awareness of folic acid

P value

Characteristic

No

Yes

cOR (95%CI)

n (%)

n (%)

Age group

 18–24

178 (91.3)

17 (8.7)

Ref

0.49*

 25–35

254 (93.7)

17 (6.3)

0.70 (0.35–1.41)

 36–49

218 (93.9)

14 (6.0)

0.67 (0.32–1.40)

Education

 Primary or less

534 (94.7)

30 (5.3)

Ref

0.003*a

 Secondary or more

116 (86.6)

18 (13.4)

2.49 (1.33–4.69)

Marital status

 Married/ Cohabiting

388 (92.4)

32 (7.6)

Ref

0.41^

 Divorced/separated/Widowed

85 (96.6)

3 (3.4)

0.43 (0.13–1.44)

 Single

177 (93.2)

13 (6.8)

0.89 (0.46–1.74)

Occupation

 1

185 (93.9)

12 (6.1)

0.84 (0.43–1.65)

0.61*

 2

465 (92.8)

36 (7.2)

Ref

Income/month

  < 150,000 Tshs

114 (94.2)

7 (5.8)

Ref

0.67*

 150,000+ Tshs

444 (93.1)

33 (6.9)

1.21 (0.52–2.81)

Household size

  < 5

312 (93.7)

21 (6.3)

Ref

0.57*

  ≥ 5

338 (92.6)

27 (6.4)

1.19 (0.66–2.14)

Parity

 0

100 (92.6)

8 (7.4)

1.70 (0.49–5.87)

0.72^

 1–4

465 (92.8)

36 (7.2)

1.65 (0.57–4.75)

 5+

85 (95.5)

4 (4.5)

Ref

  1. Missing values for income
  2. cOR Crude odds ratio, CI Confidence interval
  3. Occupation: 1 = Employed (including Self-employed/business), 2 = Unemployed (including Peasant/Maid/housewife/student, Tshs = Tanzanian shillings
  4. * Pearson chi square test ^Fisher exact test aStatistically significant