Table 3.

Prevalence of anemia per socio demographic characteristics

Variables		Anemia prevalence			P value
		n	%	95% CI
Age categories	15–19	260	18.8	[16.6–21.2]	0.168
	20–24	240	19.6	[17.3–22.1]
	25–29	208	18.1	[15.9–20.5]
	30–34	184	18.0	[15.6–20.7]
	35–39	155	19.5	[16.6–22.6]
	40–44	121	19.7	[16.7–23.2]
	45–49	116	24.0	[20.3–28.1]
Province	Kigali city	133	14.8	[12.2–17.8]	< 0.001*
	South	367	22.9	[20.4–25.6]
	West	258	17.9	[15.6–20.5]
	North	167	15.4	[13.1–17.9]
	East	359	21.8	[18.9–25.0]
Educational attainment	Complete primary	244	16.8	[14.8–19.1]	0.010*
	Incomplete primary	580	20.3	[18.5–22.1]
	Incomplete secondary	189	18.1	[15.8–20.6]
	Complete secondary	54	15.9	[12.1–20.7]
	Higher	38	20.7	[15.6–26.9]
	No education	179	22.5	[19.5–25.8]
Economic Status	Poor	589	22.5	[20.6–24.5]	< 0.001*
	Middle class	235	18.8	[16.3–21.7]
	Rich	460	16.4	[14.9–18.0]
Marital status	Single	485	19.1	[17.4–20.8]	0.001*
	Married/living together	625	18.2	[16.7–19.8]
	Separated/widowed	174	24.8	[21.4–28.5]
Type of residence	Urban	217	16.3	[14.3–18.6]	0.010*
	Rural	1068	19.9	[18.5–21.5]

P value are from Pearson’s chi-squared test

*: Unadjusted significant variables (p < 0.05)