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Table 1 Iron supplementation during pregnancy by background characteristics in Ethiopia, 2011

From: Differences in spatial distributions of iron supplementation use among pregnant women and associated factors in Ethiopia: evidence from the 2011 national population based survey

Background characteristics

Weighted frequency and percentage

Coverage of iron supplementation with 95%CI

Frequency

Percentage

Region

 Tigray

526

8.1

33.8 (29.9–38.00)

 Afar

78

1.2

23.4 (14.9–33.8)

 Amhara

1984

30.5

19.1 (17.4–20.8)

 Oromia

3109

47.8

11.9 (10.7–13.0)

 Somali

197

3.0

20.0 (14.7–25.8)

 Benshangul-gumz

92

1.4

23.4 (15.2–31.8)

 SNNPR

246

3.8

15.1 (13.4–16.9)

 Gambella

31

0.5

27.5 (12.8–43.2)

 Harari

19

0.3

31.6 (13.9–54.5)

 Addis Ababa

192

3.0

38.9 (32.4–46.1)

 Dire Dawa

26

0.4

28.2 (12.6–46.1)

Residence

 Urban

1183

15.0

27.3 (24.8–29.9)

 Rural

6,699

85.0

15.3 (14.4–16.2)

Wealth index

 Poor

3420

43.4

13.0 (12.0–14.2)

 Middle

1622

20.6

15.2 (13.5–17.0)

 Rich

2840

36.0

23.1 (21.9–25.0)

Current occupation status

 Not working

3499

44.4

15.6 (14.4–16.8)

 Working*

4383

55.6

18.3 (17.2–19.4)

Religion

 Christian

5157

65.4

17.9 (16.9–19.0)

 Muslim

2552

32.4

15.9 (14.5–17.4)

 Others

173

2.2

9.2 (5.6–14.3)

Community conversation

 Not heard

878

30.4

15.0 (14.1–15.9)

 Heard

2008

69.6

23.3 (21.5–25.2)

Mother education

 None

5249

66.6

14.9 (13.9–15.9)

 Primary

2266

28.6

19.2 (17.6–20.8)

 Secondary and higher

368

4.7

35.6 (30.8–40.6)

Husband education

 None

3847

49.7

14.1 (13.0–15.2)

 Primary

3171

40.9

17.9 (16.6–19.3)

 Secondary and higher

729

9.4

28.0 (24.8–31.3)

ANC use

 0–3 times

6350

80.6

12.0 (11.2–12.8)

 4+ times

1553

19.4

38.1 (35.6–40.6)

Anemia status

 Anemic

1429

18.8

14.5 (12.7–16.4)

 Not anemic

6181

81.2

18.0 (17.1–19.0)

Parity

 1–4

4849

61.5

17.1 (16.1–18.2)

 5–9

2703

34.3

17.1 (15.8–18.6)

 10+

330

4.2

15.8 (12.1–20.0)

Taking Deworming tablet

 No

7393

94.4

15.6 (14.8–16.4)

 Yes

435

5.6

39.8 (35.3–44.4)

Age of the mother

  < 20 years

402

5.1

8.2 (5.8–11.2)

 20–30 years

4598

58.3

17.4 (16.4–18.6)

 31–49 years

2883

36.6

17.7 (16.4–19.2)

Birth interval

  ≤ 2 years

1017

15.7

16.00 (13.9–18.4)

 2–3 years

2409

37.2

14.9 (13.5–16.3)

  ≥ 3 years

3048

47.1

18.8 (17.4–20.2)

Family size

 1–4

2267

28.8

18.4 (16.9–20.1)

 5–9

5138

65.2

16.7 (15.7–17.74)

 10+

478

6.1

14.8 (11.9–18.3)

Mass media exposure

 Have no exposure

3157

40.1

12.8 (11.6–14.06)

 Have exposure

4708

59.9

20.0 (18.9–21.25)

Total

7883

 

17.08 (16.3–17.9)

  1. *Any professional/technical/managerial, clerical, sales and services, skilled manual, unskilled manual and agriculture classifications were classified as working