Table 3.
Multinomial regression analysis results on anemia status among preschool (6–59 months) children by background characteristics, EAG states in India, NFHS, 2005-06.
| Background characteristics | Anaemia status by haemoglobin levels | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severe anaemia | Moderate anaemia | Mild anaemia | |||||||
| Relative risk (RR) | Confidence interval | Relative risk (RR) | Confidence interval | Relative risk (RR) | Confidence Interval | ||||
| Upper limit | Lower limit | Upper limit | Lower limit | Upper limit | Lower Limit | ||||
| Age groups of children (months) |
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| 6–11 | 2.42*** | 1.53 | 3.837 | 4.25*** | 3.607 | 5.008 | 2.45*** | 2.059 | 2.92 |
| 12–17 | 7.98*** | 5.693 | 11.211 | 5.41*** | 4.583 | 6.401 | 2.47*** | 2.061 | 2.97 |
| 18–23 | 7.33*** | 5.259 | 10.239 | 5.14*** | 4.392 | 6.037 | 2.20*** | 1.845 | 2.622 |
| 24–35 | 4.04*** | 3.092 | 5.298 | 2.77*** | 2.479 | 3.109 | 1.67*** | 1.485 | 1.891 |
| 36–59 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Age groups of mothers (years) | |||||||||
| 15–19 | 1.428 | 0.671 | 3.036 | 1.99*** | 1.356 | 2.936 | 1.353 | 0.903 | 2.026 |
| 20–29 | 0.693 | 0.396 | 1.211 | 1.50*** | 1.128 | 2.018 | 1.102 | 0.821 | 1.478 |
| 30–39 | 0.661 | 0.393 | 1.112 | 1.317* | 0.998 | 1.738 | 0.982 | 0.743 | 1.297 |
| 40–49 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Place of residence | |||||||||
| Urban | 1.319* | 0.996 | 1.746 | 0.892 | 0.789 | 1.009 | 1.015 | 0.892 | 1.155 |
| Rural | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Mothers level of education | |||||||||
| No education | 1.708** | 1.046 | 2.79 | 1.40*** | 1.177 | 1.675 | 1.057 | 0.88 | 1.271 |
| Primary level complete | 1.607* | 0.974 | 2.649 | 1.23** | 1.029 | 1.471 | 1.049 | 0.872 | 1.263 |
| Secondary level complete | 1.4 | 0.831 | 2.359 | 1.149 | 0.954 | 1.382 | 1.064 | 0.879 | 1.288 |
| High school and above | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Household structure | |||||||||
| Nuclear family | 1.011 | 0.808 | 1.265 | 0.928 | 0.845 | 1.019 | 0.98** | 0.811 | 0.988 |
| Joint family | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wealth quintile | |||||||||
| Poorest | 1.484 | 0.877 | 2.509 | 1.91*** | 1.535 | 2.384 | 1.90*** | 1.509 | 2.394 |
| Poor | 1.628* | 0.994 | 2.666 | 1.64*** | 1.339 | 2.024 | 1.58*** | 1.279 | 1.973 |
| Middle | 1.637** | 1.04 | 2.577 | 1.41*** | 1.17 | 1.719 | 1.34*** | 1.096 | 1.64 |
| Rich | 1.121 | 0.728 | 1.726 | 1.29*** | 1.086 | 1.532 | 1.17* | 0.985 | 1.41 |
| Richest | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Media exposure | |||||||||
| No | 0.767** | 0.596 | 0.988 | 0.927 | 0.832 | 1.034 | 0.962 | 0.857 | 1.08 |
| Yes | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Birth order of the child | |||||||||
| 1 | 0.927 | 0.472 | 1.819 | 0.882 | 0.663 | 1.173 | 0.904 | 0.668 | 1.223 |
| 2-3 | 1.14 | 0.647 | 2.009 | 1.012 | 0.789 | 1.297 | 0.98 | 0.753 | 1.275 |
| 4-5 | 0.97 | 0.652 | 1.442 | 1.06 | 0.882 | 1.273 | 1.001 | 0.823 | 1.217 |
| 6+ | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Mothers anaemia status | |||||||||
| Severe | 15.97*** | 9.533 | 26.766 | 2.94*** | 2.035 | 4.264 | 1.61** | 1.064 | 2.447 |
| Moderate | 6.271*** | 4.71 | 8.351 | 2.88*** | 2.532 | 3.297 | 1.66*** | 1.439 | 1.919 |
| Mild | 2.374*** | 1.821 | 3.095 | 1.78*** | 1.626 | 1.97 | 1.44*** | 1.31 | 1.601 |
| Not anaemic | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| States | |||||||||
| Uttaranchal | 0.601*** | 0.347 | 1.041 | 0.623*** | 0.504 | 0.769 | 0.926 | 0.75 | 1.145 |
| Rajasthan | 1.735* | 1.221 | 2.464 | 0.923 | 0.776 | 1.099 | 0.82** | 0.684 | 0.995 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1.099 | 0.802 | 1.506 | 1.167* | 1.018 | 1.338 | 1.018 | 0.881 | 1.177 |
| Bihar | 0.543* | 0.343 | 0.862 | 1.155 | 0.971 | 1.375 | 1.157 | 0.964 | 1.389 |
| Jharkhand | 0.322*** | 0.184 | 0.565 | 0.661*** | 0.547 | 0.799 | 0.81** | 0.667 | 0.985 |
| Orissa | 0.319*** | 0.187 | 0.545 | 0.564*** | 0.47 | 0.676 | 0.82** | 0.689 | 0.996 |
| Chhattisgarh | 0.573*** | 0.347 | 0.946 | 1.065 | 0.887 | 1.28 | 0.861 | 0.705 | 1.051 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
***P < 0.001, **P < 0.01, *P < 0.05, reference is last category of each variable and not anemic.