Table 1.
Iron supplementation during pregnancy by background characteristics in Ethiopia, 2011
| Background characteristics | Weighted frequency and percentage | Coverage of iron supplementation with 95%CI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Percentage | ||
| Region | |||
| Tigray | 526 | 8.1 | 33.8 (29.9–38.00) |
| Afar | 78 | 1.2 | 23.4 (14.9–33.8) |
| Amhara | 1984 | 30.5 | 19.1 (17.4–20.8) |
| Oromia | 3109 | 47.8 | 11.9 (10.7–13.0) |
| Somali | 197 | 3.0 | 20.0 (14.7–25.8) |
| Benshangul-gumz | 92 | 1.4 | 23.4 (15.2–31.8) |
| SNNPR | 246 | 3.8 | 15.1 (13.4–16.9) |
| Gambella | 31 | 0.5 | 27.5 (12.8–43.2) |
| Harari | 19 | 0.3 | 31.6 (13.9–54.5) |
| Addis Ababa | 192 | 3.0 | 38.9 (32.4–46.1) |
| Dire Dawa | 26 | 0.4 | 28.2 (12.6–46.1) |
| Residence | |||
| Urban | 1183 | 15.0 | 27.3 (24.8–29.9) |
| Rural | 6,699 | 85.0 | 15.3 (14.4–16.2) |
| Wealth index | |||
| Poor | 3420 | 43.4 | 13.0 (12.0–14.2) |
| Middle | 1622 | 20.6 | 15.2 (13.5–17.0) |
| Rich | 2840 | 36.0 | 23.1 (21.9–25.0) |
| Current occupation status | |||
| Not working | 3499 | 44.4 | 15.6 (14.4–16.8) |
| Working* | 4383 | 55.6 | 18.3 (17.2–19.4) |
| Religion | |||
| Christian | 5157 | 65.4 | 17.9 (16.9–19.0) |
| Muslim | 2552 | 32.4 | 15.9 (14.5–17.4) |
| Others | 173 | 2.2 | 9.2 (5.6–14.3) |
| Community conversation | |||
| Not heard | 878 | 30.4 | 15.0 (14.1–15.9) |
| Heard | 2008 | 69.6 | 23.3 (21.5–25.2) |
| Mother education | |||
| None | 5249 | 66.6 | 14.9 (13.9–15.9) |
| Primary | 2266 | 28.6 | 19.2 (17.6–20.8) |
| Secondary and higher | 368 | 4.7 | 35.6 (30.8–40.6) |
| Husband education | |||
| None | 3847 | 49.7 | 14.1 (13.0–15.2) |
| Primary | 3171 | 40.9 | 17.9 (16.6–19.3) |
| Secondary and higher | 729 | 9.4 | 28.0 (24.8–31.3) |
| ANC use | |||
| 0–3 times | 6350 | 80.6 | 12.0 (11.2–12.8) |
| 4+ times | 1553 | 19.4 | 38.1 (35.6–40.6) |
| Anemia status | |||
| Anemic | 1429 | 18.8 | 14.5 (12.7–16.4) |
| Not anemic | 6181 | 81.2 | 18.0 (17.1–19.0) |
| Parity | |||
| 1–4 | 4849 | 61.5 | 17.1 (16.1–18.2) |
| 5–9 | 2703 | 34.3 | 17.1 (15.8–18.6) |
| 10+ | 330 | 4.2 | 15.8 (12.1–20.0) |
| Taking Deworming tablet | |||
| No | 7393 | 94.4 | 15.6 (14.8–16.4) |
| Yes | 435 | 5.6 | 39.8 (35.3–44.4) |
| Age of the mother | |||
| < 20 years | 402 | 5.1 | 8.2 (5.8–11.2) |
| 20–30 years | 4598 | 58.3 | 17.4 (16.4–18.6) |
| 31–49 years | 2883 | 36.6 | 17.7 (16.4–19.2) |
| Birth interval | |||
| ≤ 2 years | 1017 | 15.7 | 16.00 (13.9–18.4) |
| 2–3 years | 2409 | 37.2 | 14.9 (13.5–16.3) |
| ≥ 3 years | 3048 | 47.1 | 18.8 (17.4–20.2) |
| Family size | |||
| 1–4 | 2267 | 28.8 | 18.4 (16.9–20.1) |
| 5–9 | 5138 | 65.2 | 16.7 (15.7–17.74) |
| 10+ | 478 | 6.1 | 14.8 (11.9–18.3) |
| Mass media exposure | |||
| Have no exposure | 3157 | 40.1 | 12.8 (11.6–14.06) |
| Have exposure | 4708 | 59.9 | 20.0 (18.9–21.25) |
| Total | 7883 | 17.08 (16.3–17.9) | |
*Any professional/technical/managerial, clerical, sales and services, skilled manual, unskilled manual and agriculture classifications were classified as working