Table 2.

Distribution of respondents by selected background variables and compliance with recommended (90 days or more) dose of iron supplements to prevent anemia during pregnancy

Background variables	Categories	Number	% up take for 90 days+	Chi-square
				p values
Locality	Urban	336	59.8	12.749
	Peri-urban	328	51.5	0.002
	Rural	287	45.6
Distance from health facility	Far	454	44.3	24.638
	Near	497	60.4	<0.001
Tribe	Igbo	928	52.7	0.002
	Non-Igbo	23	52.2	0.563
Religious affiliation	Catholic	565	52.4	2.779
	Protestant	204	51.5	0.595
	Pentecostal	177	55.4
	Islam	4	25
	Traditionalist	1	100
Marital status	Married	937	52.9	6.111
	Widowed	2	100	0.106
	Divorced	2	0.0
	Single	10	30.0
Level of schooling	Primary	72	41.7	7.600
	Secondary	587	51.4	0.022
	Post-secondary	286	58.4
Employed	Yes	697	53.5	0.728
	No	254	50.4	0.218
Employment type	Domestic aid	8	12.5	21.002
	Petty trading	204	47.5	0.002
	Business	334	53.0
	Teaching	52	59.6
	Health worker	38	55.3
	Civil servant	43	74.4
	Other	18	77.8
Age group	15–19	32	37.5	12.653
	20–24	192	47.4	0.049
	25–29	331	49.8
	30–24	265	58.5
	35–39	100	58.0
	40–44	25	64.0
	45+	6	66.7
Number of pregnancies	Once	235	48.9	7.461
	2–3 times	429	51.0	0.059
	4–5 times	198	61.1
	6 times and above	89	51.7
Knowledge of anemia in pregnancy	Good (≥9 points)	522	53.6	0.426
	Poor (<9 points)	429	51.5	0.278
Wealth index	First quintile	188	48.4	13.216
	Second quintile	333	50.2	0.010
	Third quintile	178	48.3
	Fourth quintile	138	63.8
	Fifth quintile	114	60.5
Antenatal care visit	Yes	939	53.1	6.324
	No	12	16.7	0.012
Number of ANC visits	<4 times	882	54.4	14.771
	≥4 times	69	30.4	<0.001