Table 2.

Distribution of child anaemia status by predictor variables

Variable	Weighted n	Weighted %	Anaemia status		Variable	Weighted n	Weighted %	Anaemia status
			Normal (%)	Anaemic (%)				Normal (%)	Anaemic (%)
Key predictor
Urbanicity-type of cooking fuel (p<0.001)					Employment status (p<0.001)
Unclean-urban	27 280	22	38	62	No	44 403	36	34	66
Clean-urban	10 480	9	43	57	Yes	77 975	64	36	64
Unclean-rural	83 261	68	34	66	ANC (p<0.001)
lCean-rural	1388	1	42	58	No	7823	10	26	74
Individual-level characteristics					Yes	74 542	91	34	66
Child age (p<0.001)					PNC (p=0.534)
0	14 807	12	21	79	No	43 739	56	32	68
1	28 811	24	25	75	Yes	34 884	44	32	68
2	26 779	22	36	64	Household-level characteristics
3	26 716	22	43	57	Wealth (p<0.001)
4	25 304	21	49	51	Poor	54 683	45	31	69
Sex of child (p<0.001)					Middle	24 810	20	35	65
Male	61 873	51	34	66	Rich	42 922	35	41	59
Female	60 543	49	37	63	Household size (p<0.001)
Birth order (p<0.001)					Small	49 586	41	38	62
1	25 382	21	37	63	Medium	56 844	46	35	65
2	59 156	48	36	64	Large	15 986	13	28	72
3 and above	37 878	31	33	67	Age of household head (p<0.001)
Perceived birth size (p<0.001)					Young-aged adults	52 244	43	36	64
Larger than average	40 251	34	36	64	Middle-aged adults	54 249	44	35	65
Average	58 862	50	36	64	Old-aged adults	15 921	13	33	67
Smaller than average	17 668	15	34	66	Sex of household head (p<0.001)
Don’t know	1675	1	29	71	Male	98 700	81	35	65
Age of mother (p<0.001)					Female	23 716	19	38	62
15–19	5903	5	25	75	Access to electricity (p<0.000)
20–24	25 845	21	32	68	No	85 532	70	34	66
25–29	33 385	27	36	64	Yes	36 875	30	40	60
30–34	26 993	22	37	63	Type of toilet facility (p<0.001)
35–39	18 763	15	38	62	Improved	54 271	44	40	60
40–44	8814	7	39	61	Unimproved	68 135	56	32	68
45–49	2714	2	38	62	Source of drinking water (p<0.001)
BMI of mother (p<0.001)					Improved	79 965	65	36	64
Thin	10 392	10	30	70	Unimproved	42 441	35	34	66
Normal	70 647	67	34	66	Contextual factor
Obese	24 433	23	43	57	Geographic region (p<0.001)
Education (p<0.001)					Western Africa	49 028	40	25	75
No formal	48 650	40	28	72	Eastern Africa	48 674	40	44	56
Primary	41 673	34	40	60	Central Africa	21 729	18	37	63
Secondary	28 670	23	42	58	Southern Africa	2986	2	46	54
Tertiary	3423	3	52	48	N	123 182
Marital status (p<0.001)
Never married	6468	5	36	64	Anaemia status
Married	87 591	72	35	65
Living with a partner	20 322	17	38	62	Normal	44 403	36
Widowed/divorced/separated	8036	7	39	61	Anaemic	77 975	64