Table 6.

Factors associated with child ever receiving iron supplementation (multiple logistic regression)

Factor	Odds Ratio [95% CI]	P
Child's sex (male = 1)	2.45 [1.47, 4.10]	< 0.001
Wealth quintile1
Quintile 1	1.00 (Reference)
Quintile 2	0.89 [0.37, 2.16]	0.797
Quintile 3	1.31 [0.59, 2.90]	0.504
Quintile 4	1.65 [0.71, 3.83]	0.242
Quintile 5	2.63 [1.11, 6.24]	0.028
Religion/Caste
Hindu, non SC/ST2	1.00 (Reference)
Scheduled Caste	0.69 [0.38, 1.28]	0.240
Scheduled Tribe	0.90 [0.43, 1.77]	0.776
Muslim	0.02 [0.00, 0.27]	0.002
Number of antenatal health worker visits3
Quintile 1	1.00 (Reference)
Quintile 2	0.25 [0.10, 0.61]	0.003
Quintile 3	0.54 [0.21, 1.40]	0.201
Quintile 4	0.78 [0.37, 1.63]	0.506
Quintile 5	0.25 [0.11, 0.55]	< 0.001
Visited Anganwadi	0.23 [0.11, 0.49]	< 0.001
Child fully vaccinated	0.33 [0.15, 0.75]	0.008
Postnatal maternal iron supplementation	2.31 [1.25, 4.28]	0.008
Maternal blood test during pregnancy	2.10 [1.09, 4.03]	0.026

¹Wealth index: Quintile 1: 2-8 Quintile 2: 9-12; Quintile 3: 13-18; Quintile 4: 19-26; Quintile 27-62.

²SC = Scheduled Caste, ST = Scheduled Tribe

³Number of antenatal health worker visits: Quintile 1: 1-3; Quintile 2: 4; Quintile 3: 5; Quintile 4: 6-7; Quintile 8-9.