Table 3.

Association of compliance to IFA tablets to its determinants among the study participants

Variables	Compliance		Chi-square P	Odds Ratio (95% C.I.)	P
	Compliant n=373	Non-compliant n=111
Age (in completed years)
≤20 years	62 (77.5)	18 (22.5)	0.22	-	-
21-25 years	201 (74.2)	70 (25.8)		0.83 (0.46-1.50)	0.55
26-30 years	94 (81.7)	21 (18.3)		1.30 (0.64-2.63)	0.47
>30 years	16 (88.9)	2 (11.1)		2.32 (0.49-11.06)	1.06
Education
No formal education	25 (78.1)	7 (21.9)	0.64	-	-
Primary and middle school	64 (72.7)	24 (27.3)		0.75 (0.29-1.95)	0.55
High school	97 (75.8)	31 (24.2)		0.88 (0.34-2.22)	0.78
Senior/Higher secondary	87 (79.1)	23 (20.9)		1.06 (0.41-2.75)	0.91
Graduate	78 (82.1)	17 (17.9)		1.28 (0.48-3.45)	0.62
Post graduate	22 (71.0)	9 (29.0)		0.68 (0.22-2.14)	0.52
Socio-economic status
Upper	25 (67.6)	12 (32.4)	0.44	2.19 (0.75-6.39)	0.15
Upper middle	91 (76.5)	28 (23.5)		1.45 (0.66-3.18)	0.35
Middle	113 (80.7)	27 (19.3)		2.01 (0.90-4.50)	0.09
Lower middle	112 (75.2)	37 (24.8)		1.56 (0.69-3.50)	0.28
Lower	32 (82.1)	7 (17.9)		-
Type of family
Nuclear	71 (77.2)	21 (22.8)	0.98	-	-
Joint	302 (77.0)	90 (23.0)		0.99 (0.58-1.70)	0.98
Gravida
Primi	147 (79.0)	39 (21.0)	0.41	-	-
Multi	226 (75.8)	72 (24.2)		0.83 (0.53-1.29)	0.42
Number of ANC clinic visits
2	139 (76.4)	43 (23.6)	0.67	-	-
3	105 (75.0)	35 (25.0)		0.93 (0.56-1.55)	0.78
4	61 (77.2)	18 (22.8)		1.05 (0.56-1.96)	0.88
>4	68 (81.9)	15 (18.1)	1.40 (0.73-2.70)	0.31
Anemia status
Anemic	204 (73.6)	73 (26.4)	0.04*	-	-
Non anemic	169 (81.6)	38 (18.4)		1.59 (1.02-2.48)	0.04*