Table 5.
Bivariate analysis of predictors of anaemia among children aged 6–59 months.
| Anaemia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | N | Non (%) | Yesn (%) | Test statistic |
| Is child currently breastfeeding? | ||||
| No | 1098 | 412 (41.1) | 686 (58.9) | χ2 = 57.6; p < 0.001 |
| Yes | 1290 | 314 (26.4) | 976 (73.6) | |
| Is child currently stunted? | ||||
| No | 1875 | 623 (36.2) | 1252 (63.8) | χ2 = 40.3; p < 0.001 |
| Yes | 497 | 99 (20.7) | 398 (79.3) | |
| Age (months) | ||||
| 6–11 | 268 | 59 (21.6) | 209 (78.4) | χ2 = 81.3; p < 0.001 |
| 12–23 | 580 | 120 (23.1) | 460 (76.9) | |
| 24–35 | 550 | 164 (34.0) | 386 (66.0) | |
| 36–47 | 504 | 181 (38.8) | 323 (61.2) | |
| 48–59 | 486 | 202 (45.0) | 284 (55.0) | |
| Maternal education | ||||
| None | 865 | 175 (19.9) | 690 (80.1) | χ2 = 100.1; p < 0.001 |
| Primary | 490 | 145 (31.7) | 345 (68.3) | |
| Secondary | 960 | 366 (40.3) | 594 (59.7) | |
| Higher | 73 | 40 (56.2) | 33 (43.8) | |
| Household wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 774 | 156 (19.2) | 618 (80.8) | |
| Poorer | 516 | 127 (23.4) | 389 (76.6) | χ2 = 143.6; p < 0.001 |
| Middle | 448 | 155 (36.7) | 293 (63.3) | |
| Richer | 354 | 131 (39.9) | 223 (60.1) | |
| Richest | 296 | 157 (51.0) | 139 (49.0) | |
| Religion | ||||
| Christianity | 1676 | 577 (36.6) | 1099 (63.4) | χ2 = 42.0; p < 0.001 |
| Islam | 519 | 118 (26.0) | 401 (74.0) | |
| African traditional religion | 193 | 31 (15.7) | 162 (84.3) | |
| Type of place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 958 | 357 (40.5) | 601 (59.5) | χ2 = 48.9; p < 0.001 |
| Rural | 1430 | 369 (27.0) | 1061 (73.0) | |
| Place of delivery | ||||
| Home delivery | 749 | 148 (21.4) | 601 (78.6) | χ2 = 54.8; p < 0.001 |
| Institutional delivery | 1639 | 578 (37.5) | 1061 (62.5) | |
| Classification of ANC visits | ||||
| < 4 | 218 | 37 (17.3) | 181 (82.7) | χ2 = 22.2; p = 0.001 |
| ≥ 4 | 1491 | 466 (34.0) | 1025 (66.0) | |
| Anaemia status of mother | ||||
| No | 1329 | 478 (38.1) | 851 (61.9) | |
| Yes | 1041 | 242 (26.7) | 799 (73.3) | χ2 = 34.6; p < 0.001 |
| Parity of mother | ||||
| 1–2 | 833 | 281 (37.6) | 552 (62.4) | χ2 = 16.1; p = 0.008 |
| 3–4 | 815 | 251 (33.0) | 564 (67.0) | |
| > 4 | 740 | 194 (28.1) | 546 (71.9) | |
| Diarrhoea in the past two weeks | ||||
| No | 2072 | 657 (34.1) | 1415 (65.9) | χ2 = 6.3, p = 0.07 |
| Yes | 316 | 69 (26.8) | 247 (73.2) | |
| Had fever in last two weeks | ||||
| No | 1992 | 643 (35.4) | 1349 (64.6) | χ2 = 28.8; p < 0.001 |
| Yes | 396 | 83 (21.0) | 313 (79.0) | |