Table 2.
The variation of anaemia prevalence rates across different regions and different sociodemographic characteristics of women in Ethiopia, 2016
| Variables | Weighted frequency | Weighted proportion of anaemia (95% CI) | P value | |
| Anaemic | Non-anaemic | |||
| Place of residence | ||||
| Urban | 538 | 2630 | 17.0 (14.4 to20.0) | 0.0001 |
| Rural | 2989 | 8766 | 25.4 (23.5 to 27.4) | |
| Region | ||||
| Tigray | 212 | 861 | 19.7 (16.8 to 23.0) | 0.0001 |
| Afar | 53 | 66 | 44.7 (39.9 to 49.6) | |
| Amhara | 627 | 3019 | 17.2 (14.9 to 19.7) | |
| Oromia | 1480 | 3942 | 27.2 (23.8 to 31.1) | |
| Somali | 248 | 169 | 59.5 (55.2 to 63.7) | |
| Benishangul-Gumuz | 28 | 118 | 19.2 (16.1 to 22.7) | |
| SNNPR | 704 | 2420 | 22.5 (19.4 to 26.0) | |
| Gambella | 11 | 31 | 26.1 (21.3 to 31.5) | |
| Harari | 9 | 23 | 27.7 (23.7 to 32.1) | |
| Addis Ababa | 132 | 693 | 16 (13.5 to 18.8) | |
| Dire Dawa | 23 | 54 | 30 (25.8 to 34.8) | |
| Education status | ||||
| No education | 2002 | 5212 | 27.8 (25.4 to 30.2) | 0.0001 |
| Primary | 1136 | 4108 | 21.7 (19.8 to 23.7) | |
| Secondary | 297 | 1378 | 17.8 (14.9 to 21.0) | |
| Higher | 91 | 697 | 11.5 (8.2 to 16.0) | |
| Wealth index | ||||
| Poorest | 863 | 1656 | 34.3 (29.7 to 39.1) | 0.0001 |
| Poorer | 688 | 2028 | 25.3 (22.6 to 28.3) | |
| Middle | 686 | 2205 | 23.7 (21.2 to 26.5) | |
| Richer | 625 | 2354 | 21.0 (18.6 to 23.6) | |
| Richest | 664 | 3152 | 17.4 (15.1 to 19.9) | |
| Currently pregnant | ||||
| Yes | 317 | 771 | 29.1 (24.9 to 33.7) | 0.003 |
| No | 3210 | 10 625 | 23.2 (21.6 to 24.9) | |
| Currently breast feeding | ||||
| Yes | 1317 | 3340 | 28.3 (25.7 to 31.0) | 0.0001 |
| No | 2210 | 8055 | 21.5 (20.0 to 23.2) | |
| Total | 3527 | 11 396 | 23.6 (22.0 to 25.3) | |
SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region.