Table 3.
Anemia and other related factors among study participants in Kulito Health Center, SNNPR, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 236).
| Variables | Hemoglobin status | Total n (%) | ||
| Anemic n (%) | Normal n (%) | |||
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| Age (years) | 16–24 | 25 (31.3) | 55 (68.8) | 80 (33.9) |
| 24–32 | 22 (20.2) | 87 (79.8) | 109 (46.2) | |
| 32–42 | 18 (38.3) | 29 (61.7) | 47 (19.9) | |
| Occupation | Employed | 19 (19.2) | 80 (80.8) | 99 (42) |
| Unemployed | 46 (33.6) | 91 (66.4) | 137 (58) | |
| Educational status | Primary and above | 38 (24) | 120 (76) | 158 (67) |
| Illiterate | 27 (34.6) | 51 (65.4) | 78 (33) | |
| Family income | ≥2000 birr | 18 (20.7) | 69 (78.3) | 87 (36.85) |
| <2000 birr | 47 (31.5) | 102 (68.5) | 149 (63.15) | |
| Family size (people) | 4 and less | 34 (23.9) | 108 (76.1) | 142 (60.2) |
| 5 and above | 31 (33) | 63 (67) | 94 (39.8) | |
| Residency | Urban | 28 (20) | 112 (80) | 140 (59.3) |
| Rural | 37 (38.5) | 59 (61.5) | 96 (40.7) | |
| Hand wash after toilet | Yes | 50 (24.9) | 151 (75.1) | 201 (85.2) |
| No | 15 (42.9) | 20 (57.1) | 35 (14.8) | |
| Gravidity | 3 and less | 38 (23.45) | 124 (75.55) | 162 (68.65) |
| ≥4 | 27 (36.5) | 47 (63.5) | 74 (31.35) | |
| Gestational age | 1st trimester | 4 (10.3) | 35 (89.7) | 39 (16.5) |
| 2nd trimester | 21 (30) | 49 (70) | 70 (29.7) | |
| 3rd trimester | 40 (31.5) | 87 (68.5) | 127 (53.8) | |
| IPG (years) | ≥2 | 23 (22.1) | 81 (77.9) | 104 (68) |
| <2 | 20 (40.8) | 29 (59.2) | 49 (32) | |
| Taking iron foliate | Yes | 15 (22.1) | 53 (77.9) | 68 (28.8) |
| No | 50 (29.8) | 118 (70.2) | 168 (71.2) | |
| Frequency of meal per day | ≥4 | 26 (25.7) | 75 (74.3) | 101 (42.8) |
| ≤3 time | 39 (28.9) | 96 (71.1) | 135 (57.2) | |
| Taking meat at least once a month | Yes | 20 (18) | 91 (82) | 111 (47) |
| No | 45 (36) | 80 (64) | 125 (53) | |
| Taking egg at least once a month | Yes | 27 (23.7) | 87 (76.3) | 114 (48.3) |
| No | 38 (31.1) | 84 (68.9) | 122 (51.7) | |
| Taking milk at least once a month | Yes | 34 (28.8) | 84 (71.2) | 118 (50) |
| No | 33 (28) | 85 (72) | 118 (50) | |
| MUAC in cm | ≥21 | 42 (21.9) | 150 (78.1) | 192 (81.35) |
| <21 | 23 (52.3) | 21 (47.7) | 44 (18.65) | |
| IP infection | No | 45 (24.1) | 142 (75.9) | 187 (79.24) |
| Yes | 20 (40.8) | 29 (59.2) | 49 (20.76) | |
MUAC: mid-upper arm circumference, IP: intestinal parasite, and IPG: interpregnancy gap.