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 |