Table 4. Bi variable and multivariable multilevel analysis for the assessment of determinants of anemia among young women in Ethiopia, 2016.
| Variables | Anemia | COR (95%CI) | AOR (95%CI) | p- value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | No | |||||
| Age (years) | 15–19 | 631 | 2534 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20–24 | 627 | 2004 | 0.06(1.01, 1.31) | 1.07(0.90, 1.26) | 0.34 | |
| Highest education level | No education | 325 | 839 | 1 | 1 | |
| Primary education | 699 | 2469 | 0.57(0.48, 0.68) | 0.93(0.77, 1.12) | 0.45 | |
| Secondary and above | 234 | 1230 | 0.40(0.32, 0.50) | 0.81(0.65, 1.03) | 0.09 | |
| Wealth index | Poor | 524 | 1408 | 1 | 1 | |
| Middle | 220 | 857 | 0.62(0.50, 0.78) | 0.89(0.70, 1.12) | 0.34 | |
| Rich | 514 | 2273 | 0.46(0.38, 0.54) | 0.85(0.66, 1.08) | 0.18 | |
| Occupation | No | 956 | 3251 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 302 | 1287 | 0.74(0.63, 0.86) | 0.93(0.79, 1.09) | 0.40 | |
| Religion | Orthodox Christian | 399 | 2094 | 1 | 1 | |
| Muslim | 497 | 1261 | 3.07(2.56, 3.70) | 1.31(1.07, 1.70) | 0.01 | |
| Protestant | 307 | 1109 | 1.53(1.21, 1.92) | 1.31(1.01, 1.71) | 0.83 | |
| Other * | 55 | 74 | 1.71(0.93, 3.15) | 1.30(0.71, 2.36) | 0.90 | |
| Marital status | Unmaried | 676 | 2915 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maried | 582 | 1623 | 1.58(1.37, 1.81) | 1.46(1.22, 1.74) | 0.00 | |
| Family size | 1–5 | 740 | 2621 | 1 | 1 | |
| >5 | 519 | 1916 | 0.99(0.87, 1.14) | 1.08(0.93, 1.25) | 0.30 | |
| Body mass index | Normal | 885 | 3244 | 1 | 1 | 0.92 |
| Underweight | 320 | 1085 | 1.10(0.95, 1.28) | 1.01(0.86, 1.17) | ||
| Overweight | 53 | 209 | 0.71(0.52, 0.98) | 0.79(0.57, 1.09) | 0.15 | |
| Type of toilet facility | Unimproved | 1091 | 3765 | 1 | ||
| Improved | 167 | 773 | 0.74(0.62, 0.89) | 0.86(0.71, 1.06) | 0.18 | |
| Source of drinking water | Unimproved | 539 | 1534 | 1 | 1 | |
| Improved | 719 | 3001 | 0.69(0.59, 0.81) | 0.98(0.83, 1.16) | 0.87 | |
| Modern contraceptive use | No | 1089 | 3764 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 170 | 773 | 0.66(0.53, 0.82) | 0.66(0.53, 0.83) | 0.00 | |
| Media exposure | No | 2179 | 2179 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 2358 | 717 | 0.58(0.51, 0.68) | 0.88(0.74, 1.04) | 0.16 | |
| Distance to health facility | Big problem | 677 | 2136 | 1 | 1 | |
| Not big problem | 581 | 2401 | 0.76(0.65, 0.88) | 0.97(0.83, 1.13) | 0.74 | |
| Residence | Urban | 219 | 1112 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rural | 1034 | 3425 | 2.01(1.61, 2.48) | 1.34(1.10, 1.78) | 0.03 | |
| Community poverty level | Low | 524 | 2308 | 1 | 1 | |
| High | 735 | 2229 | 2.22(1.83, 2.70) | 0.90(0.70, 1.15) | 0.41 | |
| Region | Addis Ababa | 50 | 312 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tigray | 77 | 388 | 1.25(0.86, 1.83) | 0.81(0.53, 1.22) | 0.31 | |
| Afar | 23 | 29 | 5.80(3.97, 8.49) | 2.02(1.31, 3.11) | 0.001 | |
| Amhara | 200 | 1140 | 1.03(0.69, 1.52) | 0.60(0.39, 0.92) | 0.02 | |
| Oromia | 556 | 1557 | 2.18(1.52, 3.13) | 0.95(0.63, 1.43) | 0.82 | |
| Somali | 91 | 72 | 9.73(6.70, 14.11) | 3.63(2.39, 5.51) | 0.00 | |
| Beni Shangul | 10 | 48 | 1.23(0.80, 1.90) | 0.60(0.37, 0.93) | 0.02 | |
| SNNPR | 234 | 942 | 1.40(0.96, 2.04) | 0.67(0.43, 1.03) | 0.07 | |
| Gambella | 5 | 13 | 2.37(1.58, 3.57) | 1.19(0.78, 1.85) | 0.43 | |
| Harari | 3 | 10 | 2.11(1.33, 3.24) | 1.19(0.76, 1.84) | 0.43 | |
| Dire Dawa | 8 | 23 | 2.37(1.57, 3.57) | 1.52(1.01, 2.30) | 0.04 | |
* = Catholic, traditional, other.