Table 1.

Cross tabulation of anemia status versus predictor variables.

Variables	Anemia status				Total	DF	Chi-square	P-value
	Anemic		Not anemic
	N	%	N	%
Region (RGN)					5507
Addis Ababa	55	28.4%	139	71.6%	194	10	267.04	0.001
Afar	357	67.2%	174	32.8%	531
Amhara	244	37.2%	412	62.8%	656
Oromiya	354	40.5%	519	59.5%	873
Somali	261	61.8%	161	38.2%	422
Benishangul-Gumuz	181	37.8%	298	62.2%	479
SNNPR	279	35.1%	516	64.9%	795
Gambela	132	37.5%	220	62.5%	352
Harari	117	41.8%	163	58.2%	280
Dire Dawa	162	50.5%	159	49.5	321
Tigray	216	35.8%	388	64.2%	604
Place of Residence (POR					5507
Urban	534	38.3%	862	61.7%	1396	1	15.92	0.001
Rural	1824	44.4%	2287	55.6%	4111
Sex of child (SEX)					5507
Male	1237	44.5%	1608	56.5%	2845	1	1.05	0.318
Female	1121	42.1%	1541	57.9%	2662
No of children u5 in the household (NOCH)					5507
0-3	682	36.5%	1187	63.5%	1869	2	46.62	0.001
4-6	1258	45.8%	1489	54.2%	2747
above 6	418	46.9%	473	53.1%	891
Wealth index (WI)					5507
Poor	1078	49.5%	1099	50.5%	2177	2	75.53	0.001
Middle	719	40.9%	1037	59.1%	1756
Rich	561	35.6%	1013	64.6%	1574
Marital status (MS)					5507
Married	2100	43.5%	2724	56.5%	4824	2	9.93	0.001
Widowed	122	40.7%	178	59.3	300
Divorced/separated	136	35.5%	247	64.5	383
Child's age in month (AGE)					5507
6-23	794	50.5%	779	49.5%	1573	2	67.46	0.001
24-41	859	42.7%	1152	57.3%	2011
42-59	705	36.7%	1218	63.3%	1923
Mother's working status (MWS)					5507
Not working	1559	44.4%	1953	55.6%	3512	1	9.61	0.002
Working	799	40.1%	1196	59.9%	1995
Education level (PEL)					5507
No education	1404	48.1%	1517	51.9%	2921	2	93.18	0.001
Primary	795	39.4%	1224	60.6%	2019
Secondary & above	159	28.0%	408	72.0%	567
Given iron pills (GIP)					5507
No	1980	44.4%	2479	55.6%	4459	1	24.08	0.001
Yes	378	36.1%	670	63.9%	1048
Size of child at birth (SIZE)					5507
Smaller than average	684	42.4%	929	57.6%	1613	2	30.63	0.001
Average	863	39.2%	1341	60.8%	2204
Larger than average	811	48.0%	879	52.0%	1690
Source of drinking water (SDW)					5507
Not improved	1861	44.3%	2339	55.7%	4200	1	15.92	0.001
Improved	498	38.1%	809	61.9%	1307