Table 3.
Bivariate analysis that shows independent variables of anemia among children in Damot Sore district, Southern Ethiopia, from March to April 2017
| Variables | Anemia status | COR (95% C.I.) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anemic | Not anemic | ||||
| Characteristics | Categories | ||||
| Sex of the children | Male | 124 | 119 | 0.92(0.64–1.32) | 0.67 |
| Female | 124 | 110 | 1 | ||
| Age of the mother | 15–24 years | 44 | 40 | 1.30(0.75–2.26) | 0.34 |
| 25–34 years | 145 | 119 | 1.44(0.95–2.20) | 0.09* | |
| 35-49 years | 59 | 70 | 1 | ||
| Age of the child | 6–11 months | 105 | 85 | 1.72((1.09–2.72) | 0.19* |
| 12-17 months | 90 | 70 | 1.79(1.12–2.87) | 0.02* | |
| 18-23 months | 53 | 74 | 1 | ||
| Educational status of mother | No formal education | 166 | 141 | 1.26(0.87–1.84) | 0.22* |
| Formal education | 82 | 88 | 1 | ||
| Educational status of father | No formal education | 126 | 112 | 1.09(0.75–1.56) | 0.65 |
| Formal education | 120 | 116 | 1 | ||
| Mother’s occupation | Unemployed | 241 | 218 | 1.74(0.66–4.56) | 0.26 |
| Government/private employee | 7 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Father’s occupation | Unemployed | 243 | 211 | 6.14(1.76–21.37) | 0.01* |
| Government/private employee | 3 | 16 | 1 | ||
| Total number of family size within household | Greater than 5 | 134 | 124 | 0.99(0.69–1.43) | 0.98 |
| Less than or equal to 5 | 114 | 105 | 1 | ||
| Number of under five children within household | More than one child | 137 | 103 | 1.51(1.05–2.17) | 0.03* |
| One child | 111 | 126 | 1 | ||
| Wealth | Low | 103 | 98 | 0.99(0.67–1.46) | 0.96 |
| Middle | 40 | 32 | 1.18(0.68–2.02) | 0.55 | |
| High | 105 | 99 | 1 | ||
| Introduction time of complementary feeding | Earlier than 6 months | 142 | 81 | 2.45(1.69–3.54) | 0.001* |
| Just at 6 months | 106 | 148 | 1 | ||
| Breast feeding practice of mother | No | 80 | 33 | 2.99(1.89–4.74) | 0.001* |
| Yes | 148 | 183 | 1 | ||
| Source of drinking water | Unprotected well | 179 | 172 | 1.84(0.90–3.75) | 0.09* |
| Protected well/spring | 56 | 34 | 2.91(1.31–6.50) | 0.01* | |
| Piped inside compound | 13 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Toilet | No facility/bush/field | 9 | 3 | 2.84(0.76–10.61) | 0.12* |
| Have latrine | 239 | 226 | 1 | ||
| Utilization of insecticide treated bed net (ITN) | No | 24 | 21 | 1.08(0.58–1.99) | 0.81 |
| Yes | 208 | 196 | 1 | ||
| Having diarrhoea | Yes | 97 | 66 | 0.97(0.55–1.70) | 0.91 |
| No | 44 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Having malaria | Yes | 10 | 11 | 0.83(0.34–1.99) | 0.68 |
| No | 238 | 218 | 1 | ||
| Dietary diversity score | Poor | 190 | 123 | 2.82(1.90–4.18) | 0.001* |
| Good | 58 | 106 | 1 | ||
| Growth monitoring and promotion service utilization | No | 239 | 209 | 2.54(1.13–5.70) | 0.02* |
| Yes | 9 | 20 | 1 | ||
| Stunting | Stunted(<-2SD) | 106 | 45 | 3.05(2.02–4.60) | 0.001* |
| Not stunted (≥-2SD) | 142 | 184 | 1 | ||
*variables with p < 0.25