Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of children on HAART and their parents in North Wollo Zone public hospitals, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2019 (N = 350). Nutrition, disease, and drug-related predictors of anemia among children on HAART.
| Exposure variable | Responses | Anemia status | |
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| Anemic count (%) | Nonanemic count (%) | ||
| Ethnicity | Amhara | 113 (32.3) | 217 (62.0) |
| Oromo | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.4) | |
| Tigrie | 3 (0.9) | 11 (3.1) | |
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| Educational status of the mother | Cannot read and write | 59 (16.9) | 85 (24.3) |
| Can read and write | 45 (12.9) | 80 (22.9) | |
| Primary | 12 (3.4) | 59 (16.9) | |
| Secondary and above | 1 (0.3) | 9 (2.6) | |
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| Educational status of the father | Cannot read and write | 53 (15.1) | 89 (25.4) |
| Can read and write | 51 (14.6) | 58 (16.6) | |
| Primary | 6 (1.7) | 63 (18.0) | |
| Secondary and above | 7 (2.0) | 23 (6.5) | |
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| Occupation of the mother | Not employed | 66 (18.9) | 83 (23.7) |
| Housewife | 44 (12.6) | 83 (23.7) | |
| Governmental employee | 6 (1.7) | 62 (17.7) | |
| An employee in the private sector | 1 (0.3) | 5 (1.4) | |
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| Religion | Orthodox | 72 (20.6) | 134 (38.3) |
| Muslim | 31 (8.9) | 79 (22.6) | |
| Others | 14 (4) | 20 (5.7) | |
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| Marital status of the mother | Single | 15 (4.3) | 16 (4.6) |
| Married | 72 (20.6) | 136 (38.9) | |
| Divorced/Separated | 30 (8.6) | 74 (21.2) | |
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| Caregiver's educational status | Noneducated | 55 (15.9) | 74 (21.3) |
| Primary | 38 (11.0) | 107 (30.8) | |
| Secondary or above | 24 (6.9) | 49 (14.1) | |
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| Caregiver's residence | Rural | 33 (9.5) | 109 (31.4) |
| Urban | 84 (24.2) | 121 (34.9) | |
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| Caregiver being on ART | Yes | 95 (27.1) | 190 (54.3) |
| No | 22 (6.3) | 43 (12.3) | |
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| The orphanhood of the child | Both | 26 (7.4) | 9 (2.6) |
| Only mother | 9 (2.6) | 31 (8.9) | |
| Only father | 4 (1.1) | 15 (4.3) | |
| Not an orphan | 78 (22.3) | 178 (50.9) | |
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| Wealth index | 1.00 | 43 (12.3) | 30 (8.6) |
| 2.00 | 42 (12.0) | 146 (41.7) | |
| 3.00 | 32 (9.1) | 57 (16.3) | |
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| Family size | <4 | 9 (2.6) | 23 (6.6) |
| 4–6 | 49 (14.0) | 123 (35.1) | |
| >6 | 59 (16.9) | 87 (24.9) | |
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| Household food security | Not secured | 23 (6.6) | 33 (9.4) |
| Secured | 94 (26.9) | 198 (56.6) | |
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| Sex of child | Male | 67 (19.1) | 101 (28.9) |
| Female | 50 (14.3) | 132 (37.7) | |
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| Orphan status of the child | Yes | 85 (24.3) | 139 (39.7) |
| No | 32 (9.1) | 55 (15.7) | |
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| Age of the child | 1–5 | 69 (22.4) | 108 (33.5) |
| 5–10 | 31 (10.1) | 76 (24.7) | |
| 10–18 | 17 (5.5) | 46 (14.9) | |