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. 2012 Oct 11;5:565. doi: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-565

Table 1.

Socio demographic characteristics of study participants

Anaemic group (176)
Non anaemic group (n=176)
Characteristics Number (%) 95%CI Number (%) 95%CI p value
Age group
 
 
 
 
 
Under 5
121 (68.75)
[57.04-82.14]
46 (26.14)
[19.13-34.86]
0.001
[5 - 10 years]
54 (30.68)
[23.05-40.03]
130 (73.86)
[61.71-87.70]
0.001
Female
69 (39.20)
[30.50-49.61]
83 (47.16)
[37.56-58.46]
0.13
Male
106 (60.27)
[49.31-72.84]
93 (52.84)
[42.65-64.73]
0.16
Children within household
 
 
 
 
 
[1 – 3]
85 (48.29)
[38.58-59.72]
58 (32.95)
[25.02-42.60]
0.003
[4 -5]
52 (29.54)
[22.06-38.74]
68 (38.64)
[30.00-48.98]
0.07
>5
38 (21.59)
[15.28-21.63]
50 (28.41)
[21.08-37.45]
0.13
Birth order
 
 
 
 
 
[1 -3]
106 (60.22)
[49.31-72.84]
109 (61.93)
[50.85-74.71]
0.74
[4 – 5]
42 (23.86)
[17.19-32.25]
40 (22.73)
[16.23-30.95]
0.80
>5
27 (15.34)
[10.11-22.32]
27 (15.34)
[10.11-22.32]
1
Access to IPTc with SP-AQ
88 (50)
[40.10-61.60]
88 (50)
[41.10-61.60]
1
Bed-net ownership 176 (100) [85.7-116] 173 (98.30) [84.19-114] 0.08