Table 3.

Selected obstetric characteristics of pregnant mothers and their association with anemia during pregnancy in Ethiopia, EDHS 2011.

Obstetric (RH) characteristics	Anemic (#)/(%)	Nonanemic (#)/(%)	Crude OR (95% CI)	Adjusted OR (95% CI)
(1) Pregnancy trimester
First	26 (11.3)	205 (88.7)	1	1
Second	140 (27.8)	364 (72.2)	3.07 (1.95, 4.84)	17.05 (3.69, 78.8)∗∗
Third	106 (24)	336 (76)	2.51 (1.58, 4.01)	17.71 (3.76, 83.27)∗∗
(2) Number of under five children
1	146 (25)	439 (75)	1	1
2	86 (18.5)	379 (81.5)	0.68 (0.50, 0.92)	0.39 (0.18, 0.84)∗∗
3	39 (31.7)	84 (68.3)	1.40 (0.92, 2.14)	2.10 (0.52, 8.48)
(3) Ever had terminated pregnancy
No	224 (22.6)	767 (77.4)	1	1
Yes	47 (25.5)	137 (74.5)	1.17 (0.81, 1.68)	2.63 (1.17, 5.92)∗∗
(4) Pregnancy intention
Wanted (then or later)	231 (22.7)	786 (77.3)	1	1
Unwanted	39 (26.5)	108 (73.5)	1.24 (0.84, 1.84)	2.39 (0.98, 5.86)
(5) Practice of breast feeding
Ever breastfeeding	233 (23.1)	744 (76.9)	1	1
Never breastfeeding	13 (26)	37 (74)	1.15 (0.6, 2.22)	7.64 (2.28, 25.65)∗∗
Continued breastfeeding	25 (21.9)	89 (78.1)	0.92 (0.57, 1.47)	4.05 (1.61, 10.91)∗∗
(6) Timing of first ANC visit
Timely (<4 months)	28 (20)	112 (80)	1	1
Delayed (4-5 months)	31 (24.8)	94 (75.2)	1.29 (0.72, 2.36)	0.85 (0.42, 1.69)
Delayed much (4–9 months)	13 (37.1)	22 (62.9)	2.26 (1.01, 5.05)	2.29 (0.82, 6.38)
(7) Number of ANC visits
No (0) visits	130 (23.3)	429 (76.7)	1	1
Low (1-2) visits	22 (31.4)	48 (68.6)	1.53 (0.89, 2.62)	1.09 (0.50, 2.36)
Adequate (3-4) visits	34 (26.4)	95 (73.6)	1.18 (0.76, 1.83)	0.49 (0.19, 0.98)∗∗
Frequent (4+) visits	16 (16.3)	82 (83.7)	0.64 (0.36, 1.13)	0.36 (0.08, 0.64)∗∗
Total	271 (23)	904 (77)

^∗∗Significant at P value < 0.05, OR: odds ratio.