Table 5.

Multilevel ordinal model fitted of anemia with the related factors.

Anemia	Coefficient	Odds ratio	Standard error	Z	p > |z|	95% confidence interval
Cut points
${\alpha }_1(\le mild)$	−0.62		0.19	−3.22	0.001	−0.99, −0.24
${\alpha }_2(\le moderate)$	0.60		0.19	3.14	0.002	0.23, 0.98
${\alpha }_3(\le severe)$	3.94		0.21	18.89	0.000	3.53, 4.34
BMI (underweight—reference)
Normal	−0.53	0.59	0.04	−8.03	0.000*	0.52, 0.67
Overweight	0.34	1.40	0.15	3.18	0.001*	1.14, 1.72
Obese	0.94	2.56	0.39	6.27	0.000*	1.91, 3.44
Curprg (no—reference)
Yes	0.84	2.31	0.17	11.43	0.000*	2.00, 2.67
Edulevel (illiterate—reference)
Primary	0.065	1.07	0.07	0.96	0.338	0.93, 1.22
Secondary	−0.11	0.89	0.11	−0.92	0.358	0.70, 1.14
Higher	−0.15	0.86	0.14	−0.88	0.378	0.62, 1.20
Work status (no—reference)
Yes	−0.13	0.88	0.05	−2.09	0.037*	0.78, 0.99
Age (15–19 years—reference)
20–34 years	0.36	1.43	.10	4.94	0.000*	1.24, 1.644
35–49 years	0.74	2.10	.36	4.37	0.000*	1.504, 2.92
NChildren (no child—reference)
One or two children	0.09	1.09	0.09	1.08	0.280	0.93, 1.28
More than two children	0.25	1.28	0.12	2.60	0.009*	1.06, 1.55
Residence (urban—reference)
Rural	0.42	1.53	0.15	4.28	0.000*	1.256, 1.85
Wealth (poor—reference)
Middle	−0.25	0.78	0.06	−3.17	0.002*	0.66, 0.91
Rich	−0.33	0.72	0.06	−4.26	0.000*	0.62, 0.84
Region var(_cons)	1.22		0.62			0.45, 3.30

BMI: body mass index.

^*Significant variable at 5% level of significant.