Variable | Anaemic | Non anaemic | P-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | ||
Age | |||||
≤19 | 47 | 23.6 | 152 | 76.4 | |
20–24 | 48 | 19.8 | 195 | 80.2 | 0.62 |
25–29 | 42 | 23.6 | 136 | 79.4 | |
30–34 | 21 | 24.4 | 65 | 75.6 | |
35–39 | 4 | 12.9 | 27 | 87.1 | 0.58b |
>39 | 2 | 33.3 | 4 | 66.7 | |
Education | |||||
No education | 11 | 45.8 | 13 | 54.2 | |
Primary | 87 | 22.8 | 295 | 77.2 | 0.01a |
Secondary | 59 | 20.9 | 224 | 79.1 | |
Higher | 7 | 13.0 | 47 | 87.0 | |
Still in school | |||||
Yes | 3 | 7.7 | 36 | 92.3 | 0.03b |
No | 161 | 22.9 | 543 | 77.1 | 0.03a |
Occupation | |||||
Farmer | 38 | 17.1 | 184 | 81.9 | |
Trader | 31 | 20.1 | 123 | 79.9 | 0.03a |
Formal employment | 15 | 18.1 | 68 | 81.9 | |
Handicraft | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 70.0 | 0.03b |
Housewife | 77 | 28.1 | 197 | 71.9 | |
Residence | |||||
Rural | 67 | 22.3 | 234 | 77.7 | 0.9 |
Urban | 97 | 22.0 | 345 | 78.0 | |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 14 | 17.7 | 65 | 82.3 | 0.2 |
Married | 145 | 22.2 | 508 | 77.8 | |
Widowed | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.1b |
Separated/divorced | 3 | 42.9 | 4 | 57.1 | |
District | |||||
Hoima | 47 | 12.1 | 340 | 87.9 | <0.01a |
Gulu | 117 | 32.9 | 239 | 67.1 | |
Trimester | |||||
First | 8 | 14.6 | 47 | 85.4 | 0.2 |
Second | 63 | 20.7 | 242 | 79.3 | |
Third | 93 | 24.3 | 290 | 75.7 | |
Gravidity | |||||
1–4 | 133 | 21.8 | 477 | 78.2 | 0.7 |
>5 | 31 | 23.3 | 102 | 76.7 | |
Delivery gap (months) | |||||
Never delivered | 61 | 24.4 | 189 | 75.6 | 0.8 |
1–11 | 5 | 22.7 | 17 | 77.3 | |
12–24 | 23 | 19.8 | 93 | 80.2 | |
25–36 | 31 | 22.3 | 108 | 77.7 | |
>36 | 44 | 20.4 | 172 | 79.6 | |
Household size | |||||
1–5 | 111 | 20.8 | 424 | 79.2 | 0.3 |
6–10 | 48 | 25.3 | 142 | 74.7 | |
>10 | 5 | 27.8 | 13 | 72.2 | |
Wealth index | |||||
Lowest | 100 | 21.7 | 362 | 78.3 | 0.7 |
Second lowest | 56 | 23.9 | 178 | 76.1 | |
Middle | 5 | 15.6 | 27 | 84.4 | |
High | 3 | 20.0 | 12 | 80.0 |