Table 1.

Association of anemia with sociodemographic and clinical factors among school adolescents from March 15, 2014 to May 25, 2014 (n=408)

Variables	Categories	Anemia		COR (95% CI)	P-value
		Yes (%)	No (%)
Sex	Male	16 (9.4)	154 (90.6)	1
	Female	46 (19.3)	192 (80.7)	2.31 (1.26, 4.23)	0.007a
Age	12–14	22 (16.4)	112 (83.6)	1.15 (0.65, 2.03)	0.631
	15–19	40 (14.6)	234 (85.4)	1
Mothers’ occupation	House wife	22 (12.7)	151 (87.3)	0.80 (0.39, 1.65)	0.549
	Farmer	10 (14.7)	58 (85.3)	0.95 (0.39, 2.29)	0.906
	Merchant	16 (21.1)	60 (78.9)	1.47 (0.66, 2.24)	0.344
	Employed	14 (15.4)	77 (84.6)	1
Fathers’ occupation	Daily worker	17 (22.4)	59 (77.6)	2.86 (1.15, 7.09)	0.024a
	Farmer	7 (30.4)	16 (69.6)	5.10 (1.51, 17.26)	0.009a
	Merchant	13 (10.3)	113 (89.7)	0.84 (0.49, 3.69)	0.569
	Employed	25 (13.7)	158 (86.3)	1
Fathers’ education	No education	33 (38.8)	52 (61.2)	9.18 (4.10, 20.49)	<0.001a
	Primary	14 (12.3)	100 (87.7)	2.02 (0.84, 4.86)	0.116
	Secondary	6 (8.6)	64 (91.4)	1.35 (0.46, 3.97)	0.181
	Above	9 (6.5)	130 (93.5)	1
Mothers’ education	No education	19 (20.9)	72 (79.1)	1.47 (0.66, 3.24)	0.344
	Primary	22 (12.7)	151 (87.3)	1.25 (0.39, 2.29)	0.906
	Secondary	10 (14.7)	58 (85.3)	1.01 (0.39, 1.65)	0.549
	Above	11 (14.5)	65 (85.5)	1
Monthly income in ETB	<500	12 (16.0)	63 (84.0)	1.09 (0.51, 2.35)	0.824
	500–1,000	28 (15.1)	157 (84.9)	1.02 (0.56, 1.87)	0.945
	>1,000	22 (14.9)	126 (85.1)	1
Family size	<5	10 (6.9)	134 (93.1)	1
	≥5	52 (19.7)	212 (80.3)	3.29 (1.62, 6.69)	0.001a
IPI	Positive	37 (27.6)	97 (72.4)	3.79 (2.17, 6.65)	<0.001a
	Negative	25 (9.1)	249 (90.9)	1

Note:

^aStatistically significant factors.

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; ETB, Ethiopian Birr; IPI, intestinal parasite infection.