Table 1. Exploratory data analysis.
| Anemia | ||||
| Variable | Category | No | Yes | Total |
| Age(years) | <1 year | 331(60.5) | 216(39.5) | 547(100) |
| 1 | 538(59.2) | 371(40.8) | 909(100) | |
| 2 | 721(72.5) | 273(27.5) | 994(100) | |
| 3 | 770(79.6) | 197(20.4) | 967(100) | |
| 4 | 804(83.2) | 162(16.8) | 966(100) | |
| 5 | 519(56.8) | 395(43.2) | 914(100) | |
| 6 | 562(63.4) | 324(36.6) | 886(100) | |
| 7 | 540(67.3) | 262(32.7) | 802(100) | |
| 8 | 589(74.0) | 207(26.0) | 796(100) | |
| 9 | 505(75.0) | 168(25.0) | 673(100) | |
| 10 | 669(78.5) | 183(21.5) | 852(100) | |
| 11 | 494(81.7) | 111(18.3) | 605(100.0) | |
| 12 | 449(69.5) | 197(30.5) | 646(100.0) | |
| 13 | 455(73.2) | 167(26.8) | 622(100.0) | |
| 14 | 396(74.4) | 136(25.6) | 532(100.0) | |
| Sex of child | Male | 4078(70.0) | 1750(30.0) | 5828(100) |
| Female | 4264(72.5) | 1619(27.5) | 5883(100) | |
| Place of residence | Urban | 984(77.3) | 289(22.7) | 1273(100) |
| Rural | 7358(70.5) | 3080(29.5) | 10438(100) | |
| Wealth quantile | Richest | 1482(78.7) | 402(21.3) | 1884(100) |
| Richer | 1583(73.7) | 566(26.3) | 2149(100) | |
| Middle | 1940(73.1) | 715(26.9) | 2655(100.0) | |
| Poorer | 1700(69.8) | 737(30.2) | 2437(100) | |
| Poorest | 1614(63.2) | 940(36.8) | 2554(100.0) | |
| Sex of head of household | Male | 5566(71.4) | 2233(28.6) | 7799(100.0) |
| Female | 2776(71.0) | 1136(29.0) | 3912(100.0) | |
| Mother's highest education | No education | 882(64.3) | 489(35.7) | 1371(100.0) |
| Primary incomplete | 1576(68.9) | 711(31.1) | 2287(100.0) | |
| Primary complete | 1177(73.7) | 421(26.3) | 1598(100.0) | |
| Secondary incomplete | 336(73.2) | 123(26.8) | 459(100.0) | |
| Secondary complete | 501(79.9) | 126(20.1) | 627(100.0) | |
| Higher | 197(78.2) | 55(21.8) | 252(100.0) | |
| Malaria | Yes | 640(46.1) | 747(53.9) | 1387(100) |
| No | 7436(74.9) | 2487(25.1) | 9923(100.0) | |
| Usage of Mosquito nets | Yes | 5363(70.5) | 2240(29.5) | 7603(100.0) |
| No | 2950(72.6) | 1116(27.4) | 4066(100.0) | |