Table 5 Association between anaemia status and socio-demographic variables
N | Anaemia status | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Normal (%) | Anaemic (%) | |||
Age group (years) | ||||
< 24 | 80 | 40 (50.0) | 40 (50.0) | 0.270 |
25–29 | 160 | 84 (52.5) | 76 (47.5) | |
30–34 | 123 | 52 (42.3) | 71 (57.7) | |
35+ | 37 | 21 (56.8) | 16 (43.2) | |
Marital status | ||||
Married | 368 | 183 (49.7) | 185 (50.3) | 0.913 |
Not marrieda | 32 | 14 (43.8) | 18 (56.2) | |
Educational level | ||||
No education | 53 | 21 (39.6) | 32 (60.4) | 0.403 |
Primary | 11 | 6 (54.5) | 5 (45.5) | |
Junior High School/Middle School | 73 | 35 (47.9) | 38 (52.1) | |
Senior High School/Vocational School | 138 | 66 (47.8) | 72 (52.2) | |
Tertiary | 125 | 69 (55.2) | 56 (44.8) | |
Religion | ||||
Islam | 247 | 109 (44.1) | 138 (55.9) | *0.009 |
Christianity and others | 153 | 88 (58.0) | 65 (42.5) | |
Occupation | ||||
Trader/vendor | 156 | 70 (44.9) | 86 (55.1) | 0.585 |
Agricultural and service worker | 52 | 25 (48.0) | 27 (51.9) | |
Office worker | 40 | 22 (55.0) | 18 (45.0) | |
Education/research worker | 49 | 26 (53.1) | 23 (46.9) | |
Health worker | 33 | 20 (60.6) | 13 (39.4) | |
Housewife | 70 | 34 (48.6) | 36 (51.4) | |
Parity | ||||
0 | 123 | 64 (52.0) | 59 (48.0) | |
1 | 99 | 51 (51.5) | 48 (48.5) | |
2 | 100 | 47 (47.0) | 53 (53.0) | 0.709 |
3+ | 78 | 35 (44.9) | 43 (55.1) | |
Household wealth index (tertile) | ||||
Lowest | 134 | 59 (44.0) | 75 (56.0) | *0.043 |
Medium | 145 | 67 (46.2) | 78 (53.8) | |
Highest | 121 | 71 (58.7) | 50 (41.3) | |
Trimester of 1st ANC visit | ||||
First | 284 | 153 (53.9) | 131 (46.1) | *0.0102 |
Second | 107 | 42 (39.3) | 65 (60.7) | |
Third | 9 | 2 (22.2) | 7 (77.8) | |
Pregnancy trimester at interview | ||||
First | 65 | 44 (67.7) | 21 (32.3) | *< 0.001 |
Second | 165 | 90 (54.6) | 75 (45.5) | |
Third | 170 | 63 (37.1) | 107 (62.9) | |
Woman experienced malaria | ||||
Yes | 143 | 64 (44.8) | 79 (55.2) | 0.180 |
No | 257 | 133 (51.8) | 124 (48.2) | |
Woman tested positive for HIV | ||||
Yes | 11 | 5 (45.5) | 6 (54.5) | 0.798 |
No | 389 | 192 (49.4) | 197 (50.6) | |
Minimum Dietary Diversity – Women | ||||
Yes | 321 | 162 (50.5) | 159 (49.5) | 0.326 |
No | 79 | 35 (44.3) | 44 (55.7) | |
Consumption of iron-rich foods | ||||
Yes | 378 | 184 (48.7) | 194 (51.3) | 0.342 |
No | 22 | 13 (59.1) | 9 (40.9) | |
Pica practice | ||||
Yes | 86 | 36 (41.9) | 50 (58.1) | 0.122 |
No | 314 | 161 (51.3) | 153 (48.7) | |
Anaemia knowledge index (tertile) | ||||
Lowest | 140 | 56 (40.0) | 84 (60.0) | *0.001 |
Middle | 162 | 78 (48.2) | 84 (51.8) | |
Highest | 98 | 63 (64.3) | 35 (35.7) | |