Table 2.

Selected sociodemographic, health and dietary factors associated with prevalence of anaemia among Ethiopian women aged 15-49 years

Variable	Total	Anaemia		χ2	p value
		No.	%
Formal education
No	570	182	31.9
Yes	400	113	28.3	0.2	0.1
Age (years)
15-24	249	78	31.9	3.3	0.1
25-35	587	168	28.6
36-49	134	49	36.6
Marital status
Marital union	797	245	30.7	0.7	0.3
Non-marital union	173	50	28.9
Pregnant
No	876	267	30.5
Yes	94	28	29.8	0.5	0.3
Family-size
>5	567	176	31.0
1-5	403	119	29.5	0.2	0.3
Number of children aged less than 5 years
1-2	843	251	29.8
>2	127	44	34.6	1.2	0.1
Toilet-use
Latrine	488	147	30.1
Open field	482	148	30.7	0.04	0.4
Birth-spacing (years)
>2	252	68	27.0
1-2	718	227	31.6	1.8	0.9
Family-planning method-use
No	449	168	37.4
Yes	521	127	24.3	1.7	0.1
Illness before 2 weeks
None	844	240	28.4
Pneumonia	39	14	35.9
Malaria	42	16	38.1	16.7	0.001
Chronic illness (TB)	45	25	55.6
Intestinal parasite
Yes	163	38	28.6
No	807	257	30.7	0.2	0.3
Consumption of foods from animal sources (yearly)
>3 times	548	161	29.43
≤3 times	422	134	31.75	0.6	0.2
Consumption of foods from plant sources (weekly)
>3 times	567	166	29.3
≤3 times	403	129	32.0	0.8	0.2
Consumption of tea
No	216	67	21.0		0.4
Yes	754	228	30.2	0.04
Serum folic acid
<6 ng/mL (FAD)	666	163	24.5
≥6 ng/mL (sufficient)	304	132	43.4	35.4	0.001
Serum ferritin
<50 μg/L (iron-deficient)	481	118	37.0
≥50 μg/L (iron-sufficient)	489	177	23.9	19.6	0.001

FAD=Folic acid deficiency;

TB=Tuberculosis