Table 2.
Percentages of women with anemia by standard of explanatory variables (N = 5886)
| Anemia status by hemoglobin level% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n (%) | Not anemic | Mild | Moderate/ Sever |
Chi-square result | P value |
| Socio-economic status | ||||||
| Low | 4265 (72.46) | 54.59 | 37.50 | 7.90 | 92.63 | <.01 |
| Medium | 434 (7.37) | 59.38 | 37.05 | 3.57 | ||
| High | 1187 (20.17) | 70.94 | 24.00 | 5.06 | ||
| Socio-demographic factors | ||||||
| Highest Education level | ||||||
| No education | 2605 (44.26) | 54.46 | 37.00 | 8.54 | 46.88 | <.01 |
| Completed primary | 2553 (43.37) | 59.78 | 34.23 | 5.98 | ||
| Completed secondary or higher | 728 (12.37) | 67.57 | 27.67 | 4.76 | ||
| Place of residence | ||||||
| Rural | 3863 (65,63) | 55.92 | 36.81 | 7.27 | 26.11 | <.01 |
| Urban | 2023 (34.37) | 62.91 | 30.50 | 6.52 | ||
| Employment status | ||||||
| Employed | 853 (85.49) | 58.35 | 34.62 | 7.04 | 0.50 | .80 |
| Not employed | 5027 (14.51) | 57.33 | 35.68 | 6.99 | ||
| Sex of house old head | ||||||
| Male | 5301 (90.06) | 57.95 | 34.86 | 7.18 | 1.93 | .38 |
| Female | 585 (9.94) | 61.12 | 33.52 | 5.36 | ||
| Number of child | ||||||
| No child | 2903 (39.10 | 58.09 | 35.01 | 6.90 | 2.49 | .87 |
| One | 2145 (36.44) | 57.61 | 35.01 | 7.39 | ||
| Two | 670 (11.38) | 60.87 | 32.34 | 6.80 | ||
| Three or more | 168 (2.85) | 58.20 | 36.38 | 5.42 | ||
| Age | ||||||
| Early reproductive | 889 (15.10) | 57.13 | 35.18 | 7.69 | 16.13 | .04 |
| Middle reproductive | 3502 (59.50) | 58.68 | 34.65 | 6.67 | ||
| Late reproductive | 637 (10.82) | 62.70 | 31.21 | 6.09 | ||
| Early premenopause | 488 (8.29) | 52.78 | 34.21 | 9.01 | ||
| Late premenopause | 370 (6.29) | 56.01 | 36.20 | 7.79 | ||
| Family size | ||||||
| Small | 4835 (82.14) | 57.93 | 34.77 | 7.30 | 3.24 | .19 |
| Large | 1051 (17.86) | 69.60 | 34.62 | 5.78 | ||
| Maternity status | ||||||
| Pregnant | 372 (6.32) | 47.92 | 38.20 | 13.88 | 83.17 | .01 |
| Lactating | 1356 (23.06) | 58.10 | 34.11 | 7.79 | ||
| Neither | 4158 (70.06) | 61.61 | 32.29 | 6.10 | ||
| Diabetes | ||||||
| Normal | 5076 (86.25) | 59.67 | 33.59 | 6.74 | 1.26 | .04 |
| Prediabetic | 523 (8.87) | 60.89 | 35.10 | 4.01 | ||
| Diabetic | 287 (4.86) | 59.95 | 32.70 | 7.36 | ||
| BMI** | ||||||
| Underweight (< 18.50) | 1395 (23.86) | 49.58 | 42.26 | 8.15 | 94.68 | <.01 |
| Normal (18.50, 24.99) | 3422 (58.20) | 58.44 | 34.22 | 7.35 | ||
| Overweight (25,30) | 886 (14.81) | 68.91 | 26.22 | 4.87 | ||
| Obese (> 30) | 183 (3.13) | 72.70 | 34.67 | 2.63 | ||